Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.00%

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 1.00%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925), which rose 2.17% or 58.0 points to trade at 2725.0 at the close. Haseko Corp (T:1808) added 2.09% or 29.0 points to end at 1419.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) was up 1.59% or 3.0 points to 192.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 5.18% or 280.0 points to trade at 5130.0 in late trade. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 4.53% or 31.0 points to end at 654.0 and Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) shed 4.31% or 20.0 points to 444.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2489 to 989 and 205 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.17.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.81% or 0.35 to $42.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.75% or 0.34 to hit $45.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 18.50 to trade at $1951.80 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 105.98, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 125.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.890.