Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Rubber, Electrical/Machinery and Steel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8303), which rose 2.21% or 52.00 points to trade at 2,400.00 at the close. Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101) added 1.40% or 30.00 points to end at 2,176.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) was up 1.36% or 9.00 points to 670.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751), which lost 7.59% or 102.00 points to trade at 1,241.00 in late trade. JFE Holdings, Inc. (TYO:5411) declined 3.10% or 48.00 points to end at 1,500.00 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406) shed 3.01% or 19.00 points to 612.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2158 to 1416 and 260 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.11% to 17.49.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.83% or 2.16 to $74.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.75% or 2.30 to hit $81.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 3.75 to trade at $1,750.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.76% to 138.04, while EUR/JPY fell 0.96% to 143.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 106.12.