Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.93% By Investing.com

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 0.93%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795), which rose 3.11% or 46.0 points to trade at 1523.0 at the close. Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) added 2.67% or 14.4 points to end at 554.1 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (T:8750) was up 2.54% or 55.5 points to 2243.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301), which lost 5.25% or 160.0 points to trade at 2890.0 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) declined 3.74% or 169.0 points to end at 4346.0 and Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) shed 3.48% or 51.0 points to 1416.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2247 to 1237 and 256 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.10.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.67% or 0.48 to $71.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.73% or 0.54 to hit $73.85 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.79% or 51.85 to trade at $1809.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 110.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 132.15.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 91.653.