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 1.04% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 15.91% or 127.0 points to trade at 925.0 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) added 13.62% or 38.0 points to end at 317.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) was up 13.28% or 32.0 points to 273.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 17.51% or 80.0 points to trade at 377.0 in late trade. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 17.22% or 559.0 points to end at 2687.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) shed 13.97% or 400.5 points to 2465.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2168 to 1525 and 104 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 56.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 10.95% or 2.28 to $23.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.98% or 1.24 to hit $26.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 7.30 to trade at $1485.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 1.03% to 109.17, while EUR/JPY rose 0.71% to 118.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 101.825.