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 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 5.38% or 15.0 points to trade at 294.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 2.54% or 160.0 points to end at 6460.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) was up 2.33% or 60.0 points to 2632.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 4.35% or 106.0 points to trade at 2331.0 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) declined 3.89% or 14.0 points to end at 346.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 3.80% or 35.0 points to 886.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2636 to 959 and 196 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.26.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.60% or 0.91 to $55.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.31% or 0.83 to hit $62.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.25 to trade at $1555.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 109.58, while EUR/JPY fell 0.23% to 121.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.300.