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 2.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269), which rose 0.48% or 40.0 points to trade at 8300.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 0.46% or 6.5 points to end at 1418.0 and NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) was up 0.38% or 11.0 points to 2901.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which lost 9.21% or 98.0 points to trade at 966.0 in late trade. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) declined 8.82% or 40.9 points to end at 423.0 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) shed 8.53% or 92.0 points to 986.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3154 to 461 and 78 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.64% or 1.44 to $38.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.21% or 1.34 to hit $40.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.37% or 23.65 to trade at $1744.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 107.00, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 121.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.225.