Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021), which rose 9.94% or 450.0 points to trade at 4975.0 at the close. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) added 4.92% or 77.0 points to end at 1642.0 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863) was up 4.46% or 84.0 points to 1969.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925), which lost 7.50% or 279.0 points to trade at 3440.0 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 6.19% or 167.0 points to end at 2532.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) shed 4.36% or 165.0 points to 3620.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2155 to 1409 and 198 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.64.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.01% or 0.58 to $56.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.96% or 0.60 to hit $61.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.55 to trade at $1465.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 108.94, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 120.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.125.