Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Non-Metal Minerals and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 3.38% or 75.0 points to trade at 2296.0 at the close. Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) added 3.03% or 95.0 points to end at 3235.0 and Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214) was up 2.97% or 15.0 points to 520.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which lost 5.39% or 68.5 points to trade at 1201.5 in late trade. Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (T:8830) declined 5.02% or 141.0 points to end at 2670.5 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801) shed 4.36% or 98.5 points to 2160.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1485 to 447 and 127 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.34% to 24.48 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.16% or 0.07 to $43.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.44% or 0.20 to hit $46.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.85 to trade at $1324.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 102.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.26% to 114.95.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.45.