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 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801), which rose 2.28% or 200.0 points to trade at 8990.0 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) added 1.93% or 52.0 points to end at 2747.0 and TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) was up 1.83% or 100.0 points to 5550.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which lost 7.89% or 68.0 points to trade at 794.0 in late trade. Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) declined 4.11% or 44.0 points to end at 1027.0 and Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) shed 3.48% or 231.0 points to 6401.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2124 to 1416 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.03.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.70% or 0.51 to $72.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.54% or 0.41 to hit $76.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.75 to trade at $1787.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 113.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 128.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 96.037.