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 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 4.34% or 47.0 points to trade at 1129.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 3.21% or 64.0 points to end at 2059.0 and Haseko Corp (T:1808) was up 2.89% or 39.0 points to 1388.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NTN Corp. (T:6472), which lost 5.88% or 14.0 points to trade at 224.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) declined 3.65% or 65.0 points to end at 1716.0 and Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) shed 3.50% or 100.0 points to 2754.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1814 to 1603 and 225 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 33.05.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.53% or 0.20 to $37.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.15% or 0.06 to hit $40.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.05 to trade at $1734.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 106.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 120.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.080.