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 lost 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101), which rose 1.65% or 27.0 points to trade at 1666.0 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) added 1.26% or 19.0 points to end at 1530.0 and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) was up 1.22% or 31.0 points to 2573.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021), which lost 2.65% or 125.0 points to trade at 4595.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:6302) declined 2.49% or 80.0 points to end at 3130.0 and Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) shed 2.16% or 10.0 points to 452.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2258 to 1353 and 186 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.69.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $61.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $67.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.85 to trade at $1517.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 109.12, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 122.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.422.