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 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289), which rose 2.43% or 17.0 points to trade at 717.0 at the close. The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) added 2.29% or 28.0 points to end at 1253.0 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) was up 2.09% or 31.5 points to 1537.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 4.44% or 330.0 points to trade at 7100.0 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 3.88% or 210.0 points to end at 5200.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) shed 3.44% or 775.0 points to 21735.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1862 to 1614 and 282 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.07.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.12% or 0.07 to $56.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $62.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.95 to trade at $1471.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 108.59, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 120.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.820.