Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Textile, Food and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toray Industries, Inc. (T:3402), which rose 3.29% or 34.0 points to trade at 1067.8 at the close. Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) added 2.86% or 9.0 points to end at 324.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) was up 2.80% or 170.0 points to 6250.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105), which lost 9.83% or 145.0 points to trade at 1330.0 in late trade. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) declined 5.43% or 32.0 points to end at 557.5 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) shed 5.25% or 27.0 points to 487.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2051 to 1166 and 237 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.80% to 13.56 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $49.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $55.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1328.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 110.40, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 131.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 92.32.