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 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which rose 4.51% or 26.6 points to trade at 616.0 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) added 3.46% or 58.0 points to end at 1734.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) was up 2.59% or 48.0 points to 1899.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which lost 8.15% or 71.0 points to trade at 800.0 in late trade. Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) declined 7.39% or 80.0 points to end at 1002.0 and Subaru Corp (T:7270) shed 7.20% or 145.0 points to 1868.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2978 to 675 and 117 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 50.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 9.16% or 1.86 to $22.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 10.06% or 2.49 to hit $27.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.10% or 17.45 to trade at $1608.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 107.25, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 117.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 99.580.