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 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 3.38% or 10.0 points to trade at 306.0 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) added 0.79% or 10.0 points to end at 1278.0 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) was up 0.75% or 3.4 points to 454.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 5.18% or 109.0 points to trade at 1994.0 in late trade. Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) declined 4.71% or 93.0 points to end at 1881.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) shed 4.35% or 225.0 points to 4947.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2498 to 1024 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.02 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.14% or 0.08 to $57.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $64.30 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 8.55 to trade at $1408.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 108.36, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 121.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.828.