Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Transportation Equipment and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333), which rose 3.04% or 95.0 points to trade at 3220.0 at the close. Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214) added 2.93% or 22.0 points to end at 774.0 and Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. (T:8628) was up 2.44% or 22.0 points to 925.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 4.07% or 71.0 points to trade at 1673.0 in late trade. Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (T:5401) declined 3.29% or 81.3 points to end at 2387.9 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) shed 2.76% or 52.0 points to 1832.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1511 to 1496 and 359 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.34% to 14.75.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.32% or 0.16 to $49.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $52.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1266.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 111.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 124.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.26.