Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Pharmaceutical Industry and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 5.52% or 75.5 points to trade at 1442.5 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 3.36% or 75.0 points to end at 2304.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was up 2.66% or 90.0 points to 3475.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865), which lost 3.64% or 25.0 points to trade at 661.0 in late trade. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) declined 3.32% or 19.0 points to end at 554.0 and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) shed 2.61% or 61.0 points to 2276.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2010 to 1368 and 190 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.25% to 22.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.52% or 0.34 to $65.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.82% or 0.57 to hit $69.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 8.10 to trade at $1335.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 106.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 131.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 89.56.