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 lost 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202), which rose 2.65% or 63.5 points to trade at 2464.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 2.64% or 185.0 points to end at 7182.0 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801) was up 1.50% or 28.0 points to 1889.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which lost 5.43% or 235.0 points to trade at 4090.0 in late trade. JGC Corp. (T:1963) declined 4.27% or 44.0 points to end at 987.0 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) shed 3.94% or 11.0 points to 268.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1928 to 1550 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.71 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.08% or 0.44 to $40.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.96% or 0.41 to hit $42.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 4.25 to trade at $1930.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 105.52, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 124.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.118.