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 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which rose 1.74% or 22.0 points to trade at 1284.0 at the close. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) added 1.57% or 11.0 points to end at 710.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 0.96% or 60.0 points to 6290.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which lost 6.22% or 68.0 points to trade at 1026.0 in late trade. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) declined 4.08% or 160.0 points to end at 3760.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) shed 3.87% or 91.0 points to 2261.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2838 to 707 and 206 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.86% or 1.36 to $71.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.61% or 1.20 to hit $73.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 7.95 to trade at $1832.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 109.78, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 129.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 92.438.