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 0.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which rose 5.18% or 62.0 points to trade at 1260.0 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) added 5.08% or 18.0 points to end at 372.0 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) was up 4.95% or 35.0 points to 742.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which lost 6.27% or 76.0 points to trade at 1137.0 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) declined 4.49% or 300.0 points to end at 6380.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 3.76% or 78.0 points to 1995.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1954 to 1558 and 235 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.48% or 0.98 to $67.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.54% or 1.07 to hit $70.43 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.35 to trade at $1697.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 108.47, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 128.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 92.192.