Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Insurance and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sharp Corp. (T:6753), which rose 10.33% or 11.0 points to trade at 117.5 at the close. Softbank Corp. (T:9984) added 7.13% or 453.0 points to end at 6803.1 and The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101) was up 6.92% or 100.0 points to 1546.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865), which lost 8.95% or 68.0 points to trade at 692.0 in late trade. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) declined 8.77% or 49.0 points to end at 510.0 and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (T:8725) shed 5.47% or 166.5 points to 2877.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1308 to 602 and 147 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.42% to 19.85.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.79% or 0.35 to $44.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.64% or 0.30 to hit $47.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1344.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 101.16, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 112.95.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 95.63.