Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Retail, Automobiles & Parts and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:2802), which rose 2.08% or 83.00 points to trade at 4,082.00 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) added 2.06% or 167.00 points to end at 8,270.00 and Toray Industries, Inc. (TYO:3402) was up 2.03% or 14.70 points to 739.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Denka Co Ltd (TYO:4061), which lost 15.92% or 480.00 points to trade at 2,535.00 in late trade. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) declined 5.16% or 151.00 points to end at 2,777.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) shed 4.82% or 36.30 points to 716.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2434 to 1142 and 248 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.17% to 18.58.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.96% or 0.77 to $79.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.75% or 0.64 to hit $84.64 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.80 to trade at $1,918.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 128.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 138.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.92.