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 lost 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 16.80% or 64.5 points to trade at 448.5 at the close. Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) added 4.79% or 105.0 points to end at 2295.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was up 3.58% or 59.0 points to 1708.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which lost 7.57% or 440.0 points to trade at 5370.0 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 5.76% or 57.0 points to end at 933.0 and Toray Industries, Inc. (T:3402) shed 5.03% or 40.7 points to 768.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2637 to 923 and 183 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.72% or 0.41 to $57.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.64% or 0.40 to hit $62.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.75 to trade at $1467.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 108.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 119.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 98.235.