Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Steel and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 9.11% or 92.0 points to trade at 1102.0 at the close. Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) added 6.28% or 31.0 points to end at 525.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 6.28% or 425.0 points to 7189.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NGK Insulators, Ltd. (T:5333), which lost 10.91% or 236.0 points to trade at 1928.0 in late trade. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) declined 10.56% or 161.0 points to end at 1363.0 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) shed 7.49% or 86.0 points to 1062.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1493 to 1459 and 362 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.18% to 19.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.47% or 0.23 to $48.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.37% or 0.19 to hit $50.49 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1276.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 104.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.22% to 114.92.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 98.48.