Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Trading and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 3.96% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925), which rose 0.21% or 7.0 points to trade at 3363.0 at the close. Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) fell 0.93% or 25.0 points to end at 2672.5 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was down 0.97% or 40.0 points to 4100.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202), which lost 9.91% or 128.0 points to trade at 1163.0 in late trade. Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) declined 6.84% or 1395.0 points to end at 19005.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) shed 6.65% or 521.0 points to 7317.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3505 to 168 and 54 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.13% to 18.36.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.13% or 0.83 to $72.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.17% or 0.97 to hit $82.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 7.30 to trade at $1200.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 112.33, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 129.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 95.03.