Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Transportation Equipment and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 6.45% or 113.0 points to trade at 1866.0 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) added 4.23% or 73.5 points to end at 1811.5 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 4.21% or 59.0 points to 1460.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Terumo Corp. (T:4543), which lost 3.88% or 240.0 points to trade at 5950.0 in late trade. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) declined 3.34% or 170.0 points to end at 4915.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) shed 2.31% or 61.0 points to 2576.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1709 to 1628 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.27% to 16.00 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.63% or 0.43 to $67.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.53% or 0.39 to hit $73.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.10 to trade at $1332.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 107.88, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 132.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 90.27.