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 2.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which rose 1.96% or 38.0 points to trade at 1972.0 at the close. NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 0.99% or 45.0 points to end at 4610.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 0.65% or 2.0 points to 312.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 4.93% or 89.0 points to trade at 1715.0 in late trade. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) declined 4.75% or 29.0 points to end at 582.0 and Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) shed 4.63% or 50.0 points to 1029.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3054 to 508 and 151 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.15% or 0.08 to $52.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.42% or 0.24 to hit $57.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.85 to trade at $1505.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 107.24, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 117.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 98.782.