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 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 5.97% or 20.0 points to trade at 355.0 at the close. Toyota Tsusho Corp. (T:8015) added 5.29% or 250.0 points to end at 4975.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 5.18% or 17.0 points to 345.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 13.61% or 980.0 points to trade at 6220.0 in late trade. NH Foods Ltd (T:2282) declined 8.75% or 390.0 points to end at 4065.0 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) shed 7.28% or 109.0 points to 1389.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2416 to 1133 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.82.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.33% or 0.29 to $87.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.22% or 0.20 to hit $89.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 6.25 to trade at $1804.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 114.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 129.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.105.