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 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which rose 4.10% or 49.0 points to trade at 1244.0 at the close. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) added 3.80% or 120.0 points to end at 3275.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) was up 3.77% or 150.0 points to 4125.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which lost 5.48% or 76.0 points to trade at 1312.0 in late trade. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) declined 5.17% or 30.0 points to end at 550.0 and Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) shed 4.44% or 48.0 points to 1032.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2339 to 1259 and 162 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 36.26 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.30% or 0.06 to $19.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.54% or 0.15 to hit $27.54 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.95% or 16.45 to trade at $1756.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 107.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 117.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 99.860.