Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.45%

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 declined 0.45%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T: 9107 ), which rose 4.34% or 47.0 points to trade at 1129.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T: 9104 ) added 3.21% or 64.0 points to end at 2059.0 and Haseko Corp (T: 1808 ) was up 2.89% or 39.0 points to 1388.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included NTN Corp. (T: 6472 ), which lost 5.88% or 14.0 points to trade at 224.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T: 7012 ) declined 3.65% or 65.0 points to end at 1716.0 and Dentsu Inc. (T: 4324 ) shed 3.50% or 100.0 points to 2754.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1814 to 1603 and 225 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 33.05.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.53% or 0.20 to $37.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.15% or 0.06 to hit $40.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.05 to trade at $1734.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 106.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 120.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.080.