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 4.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which rose 6.02% or 156.0 points to trade at 2749.0 at the close. Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) added 5.41% or 29.0 points to end at 565.0 and NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) was up 3.87% or 123.0 points to 3305.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 13.16% or 6640.0 points to trade at 43800.0 in late trade. Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) declined 12.77% or 158.0 points to end at 1079.0 and Marubeni Corp. (T:8002) shed 11.79% or 73.5 points to 550.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2441 to 1242 and 115 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 48.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.27% or 0.80 to $23.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.48% or 0.68 to hit $26.71 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.84% or 13.75 to trade at $1619.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.69% to 110.42, while EUR/JPY fell 0.39% to 120.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 100.720.