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 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253), which rose 4.62% or 64.0 points to trade at 1449.0 at the close. Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) added 2.87% or 69.0 points to end at 2477.0 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) was up 2.71% or 158.0 points to 5999.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578), which lost 13.62% or 637.0 points to trade at 4040.0 in late trade. The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) declined 8.03% or 105.5 points to end at 1208.5 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) shed 3.78% or 120.0 points to 3055.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2484 to 1059 and 201 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.81.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.25% or 0.14 to $55.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.28% or 0.17 to hit $60.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 7.95 to trade at $1498.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 107.81, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 117.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 98.722.