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 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Ltd (T:6501), which rose 4.59% or 205.0 points to trade at 4670.0 at the close. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) added 2.84% or 131.0 points to end at 4750.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 2.57% or 150.0 points to 5980.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which lost 3.80% or 77.0 points to trade at 1950.0 in late trade. Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) declined 3.79% or 24.0 points to end at 609.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) shed 3.68% or 51.0 points to 1334.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1886 to 1632 and 266 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.54.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $60.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.17 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.85 to trade at $1480.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 109.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 121.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.895.