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 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 5.45% or 186.0 points to trade at 3597.0 at the close. Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) added 4.50% or 21.6 points to end at 501.4 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) was up 2.41% or 35.0 points to 1488.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which lost 10.18% or 57.0 points to trade at 503.0 in late trade. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9007) declined 8.44% or 214.0 points to end at 2323.0 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) shed 7.85% or 192.0 points to 2253.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2182 to 1311 and 177 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.11% or 0.46 to $40.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.88% or 0.39 to hit $43.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.65% or 12.70 to trade at $1940.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 105.05, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 123.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 93.502.