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 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 1.95% or 82.0 points to trade at 4277.0 at the close. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) added 1.60% or 19.0 points to end at 1208.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) was up 1.15% or 4.8 points to 421.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which lost 4.39% or 126.0 points to trade at 2745.0 in late trade. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) declined 4.20% or 14.0 points to end at 319.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) shed 3.63% or 7.0 points to 186.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2171 to 1309 and 213 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.62% or 0.26 to $42.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.45% or 0.20 to hit $45.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.89% or 17.40 to trade at $1967.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 106.45, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 126.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 93.007.