Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406), which rose 6.38% or 49.00 points to trade at 817.00 at the close. Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) added 5.60% or 78.00 points to end at 1,472.00 and Honda Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7267) was up 4.54% or 144.00 points to 3,318.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which lost 4.39% or 2,120.00 points to trade at 46,150.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (TYO:5711) declined 4.20% or 91.00 points to end at 2,076.00 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) shed 3.97% or 261.00 points to 6,320.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2293 to 1295 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.12% to 16.22.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.97% or 0.77 to $78.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.86% or 0.74 to hit $85.65 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $1,874.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.62% to 132.23, while EUR/JPY rose 0.68% to 141.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 103.56.