Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 4.14% or 111.0 points to trade at 2790.0 at the close. Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) added 2.61% or 24.0 points to end at 942.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 2.26% or 150.0 points to 6780.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703), which lost 3.96% or 47.0 points to trade at 1141.0 in late trade. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253) declined 3.43% or 47.0 points to end at 1323.0 and Chiba Bank Ltd (T:8331) shed 3.35% or 24.0 points to 693.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2864 to 725 and 153 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.19 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.65% or 0.39 to $59.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.51% or 0.32 to hit $62.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 3.50 to trade at $1745.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.25% to 109.57, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 130.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 92.320.