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 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098), which rose 5.62% or 212.0 points to trade at 3982.0 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 3.72% or 66.0 points to end at 1842.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 3.14% or 22.0 points to 723.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 4.97% or 22.0 points to trade at 421.0 in late trade. Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) declined 3.99% or 18.0 points to end at 433.0 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) shed 3.95% or 33.0 points to 802.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2157 to 1324 and 198 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.12% or 0.05 to $43.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $46.18 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.80 to trade at $1949.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 106.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 125.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.942.