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 lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 4.58% or 4700.0 points to trade at 107350.0 at the close. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) added 2.99% or 64.0 points to end at 2208.0 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) was up 2.44% or 42.0 points to 1764.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261), which lost 6.28% or 58.0 points to trade at 866.0 in late trade. Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) declined 5.43% or 58.0 points to end at 1010.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 5.26% or 490.0 points to 8820.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2758 to 821 and 173 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.64% or 0.39 to $61.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.73% or 0.47 to hit $64.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 5.90 to trade at $1778.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 105.87, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 127.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 90.950.