Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Food and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 2.88% or 13.0 points to trade at 464.0 at the close. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) added 1.61% or 8.2 points to end at 518.2 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 1.43% or 27.0 points to 1910.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which lost 6.55% or 510.0 points to trade at 7280.0 in late trade. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 5.29% or 15.9 points to end at 284.7 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) shed 4.33% or 205.0 points to 4530.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2434 to 655 and 266 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.09% to 20.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.15% or 0.08 to $52.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.33% or 0.18 to hit $55.28 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.45 to trade at $1200.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.90% to 114.34, while EUR/JPY fell 0.47% to 121.55.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 101.22.