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 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367), which rose 3.66% or 775.0 points to trade at 21950.0 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) added 3.25% or 24.0 points to end at 763.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 2.22% or 36.0 points to 1656.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578), which lost 4.47% or 201.0 points to trade at 4299.0 in late trade. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 4.12% or 34.0 points to end at 791.0 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183) shed 3.91% or 145.0 points to 3565.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2946 to 612 and 186 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.26.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.48% or 0.35 to $71.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.25 to hit $73.18 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 3.55 to trade at $1805.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.60% to 109.98, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 129.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 92.648.