Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Rubber, Electrical/Machinery and Chemical sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762), which rose 5.05% or 50.00 points to trade at 1,043.00 at the close. Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (TYO:6952) added 4.94% or 64.00 points to end at 1,362.00 and Omron Cor (TYO:6645) was up 3.83% or 207.00 points to 5,638.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004), which lost 6.51% or 236.00 points to trade at 3,391.00 in late trade. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) declined 6.36% or 324.00 points to end at 4,772.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) shed 6.04% or 1,205.00 points to 18,805.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2782 to 955 and 150 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.57% to 18.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.34% or 0.28 to $83.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.29% or 0.25 to hit $87.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.97% or 44.05 to trade at $2,282.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 151.32, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 163.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 104.23.