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 fell 1.72% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 15.83% or 580.0 points to trade at 4245.0 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 15.59% or 53.0 points to end at 393.0 and Omron Cor (T:6645) was up 1.29% or 80.0 points to 6290.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 19.26% or 1500.0 points to trade at 6290.0 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 6.44% or 390.0 points to end at 5670.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) shed 5.59% or 155.0 points to 2617.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3212 to 485 and 99 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.50% or 0.80 to $52.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.46% or 0.86 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 10.80 to trade at $1581.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 108.83, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 119.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.880.