Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.57%

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 0.57%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 11.03% or 32.0 points to trade at 322.0 at the close. Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (T:9503) added 5.36% or 57.0 points to end at 1120.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 5.35% or 133.0 points to 2620.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included TOTO Ltd. (T:5332), which lost 3.79% or 250.0 points to trade at 6350.0 in late trade. Ebara Corp. (T:6361) declined 3.66% or 230.0 points to end at 6060.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) shed 3.15% or 257.0 points to 7902.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2146 to 1331 and 279 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.20.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $69.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $72.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.65 to trade at $1792.85 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 109.96, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 130.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 92.642.