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 declined 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214), which rose 10.17% or 245.0 points to trade at 2655.0 at the close. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) added 5.37% or 390.0 points to end at 7654.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) was up 4.30% or 3400.0 points to 82480.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 11.63% or 800.0 points to trade at 6080.0 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 10.53% or 890.0 points to end at 7560.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) shed 9.53% or 890.0 points to 8450.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2103 to 1429 and 220 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.40.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.08% or 0.06 to $74.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $78.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 8.25 to trade at $1731.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 111.92, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 129.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.302.