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 1.81% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 1146.0 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 5412.0 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) was unchanged 0% or 0 points to 2983.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 5154.0 in late trade. AGC Inc (T:5201) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 5390.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) 0% or 0 points to 2379.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2560 to 1092 and 151 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.68% or 3.32 to $93.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.10% or 1.95 to hit $94.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 12.05 to trade at $1911.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0% to 114.74, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0% to 129.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.