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 fell 1.10% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which rose 4.52% or 186.0 points to trade at 4301.0 at the close. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) added 4.08% or 266.0 points to end at 6786.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) was up 3.92% or 24.6 points to 652.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which lost 7.87% or 248.0 points to trade at 2902.0 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 7.87% or 121.0 points to end at 1417.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 6.61% or 630.0 points to 8900.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2834 to 727 and 185 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.45% or 1.60 to $63.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.04% or 1.39 to hit $66.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.75 to trade at $1781.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 109.86, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 128.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.440.