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 lost 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which rose 11.15% or 214.0 points to trade at 2132.5 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 2.78% or 27.0 points to end at 998.0 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) was up 2.38% or 120.0 points to 5170.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 6.35% or 29.0 points to trade at 428.0 in late trade. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) declined 6.25% or 54.0 points to end at 810.0 and Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) shed 5.38% or 145.0 points to 2550.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2665 to 871 and 149 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 28.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.03% or 0.39 to $37.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.89% or 0.36 to hit $39.95 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.85 to trade at $1777.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 107.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 120.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.233.