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 1.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 4.66% or 378.0 points to trade at 8489.0 at the close. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) added 4.65% or 179.0 points to end at 4028.0 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) was up 3.52% or 102.0 points to 2998.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925), which lost 10.70% or 293.5 points to trade at 2450.5 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 8.70% or 47.0 points to end at 493.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) shed 7.69% or 59.0 points to 708.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3135 to 521 and 88 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 29.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.02% or 0.51 to $25.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.36% or 0.69 to hit $29.88 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 9.35 to trade at $1725.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 106.81, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 115.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.320.