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 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which rose 22.44% or 300.0 points to trade at 1637.0 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 6.57% or 23.0 points to end at 373.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) was up 5.69% or 53.5 points to 993.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 7.17% or 32.0 points to trade at 414.0 in late trade. Honda Motor Co Ltd (T:7267) declined 6.31% or 178.5 points to end at 2648.5 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) shed 5.87% or 90.0 points to 1443.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1956 to 1518 and 183 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.19% or 0.08 to $42.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.46% or 0.21 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the October Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 12.30 to trade at $2049.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 105.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 125.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.795.