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 declined 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which rose 28.65% or 300.0 points to trade at 1347.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 8.52% or 166.0 points to end at 2114.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was up 3.98% or 193.0 points to 5044.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 8.09% or 30.0 points to trade at 341.0 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 7.88% or 98.0 points to end at 1146.0 and Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925) shed 7.00% or 241.0 points to 3200.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2603 to 978 and 154 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.58.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.82% or 0.83 to $44.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.99% or 0.96 to hit $47.29 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 6.45 to trade at $1781.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 104.00, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 124.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 91.713.