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 fell 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:6302), which rose 3.92% or 120.0 points to trade at 3180.0 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) added 2.51% or 18.0 points to end at 735.0 and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (T:8725) was up 2.21% or 71.0 points to 3279.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Electric Corp (T:6503), which lost 6.05% or 97.5 points to trade at 1515.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 4.63% or 185.0 points to end at 3810.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) shed 3.93% or 210.0 points to 5130.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2236 to 1237 and 280 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.00 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.72% or 0.53 to $74.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.64% or 0.48 to hit $75.10 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 4.40 to trade at $1776.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 111.25, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 131.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.410.