Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Precision Instruments and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7912), which rose 4.33% or 130.00 points to trade at 3,130.00 at the close. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (TYO:5233) added 3.26% or 69.00 points to end at 2,185.00 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) was up 3.09% or 100.00 points to 3,340.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 4.11% or 118.00 points to trade at 2,754.00 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) declined 3.24% or 110.00 points to end at 3,285.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) shed 2.38% or 77.00 points to 3,165.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1866 to 1640 and 313 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.02% to 17.51.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.34% or 0.27 to $80.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.19% or 0.16 to hit $86.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.60 to trade at $1,942.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 129.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 141.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 101.42.