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 fell 1.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which rose 6.94% or 805.0 points to trade at 12405.0 at the close. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) added 5.98% or 300.0 points to end at 5320.0 and Teijin Ltd. (T:3401) was up 4.97% or 90.0 points to 1900.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202), which lost 9.97% or 299.0 points to trade at 2700.0 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 7.91% or 113.0 points to end at 1316.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) shed 6.99% or 26.0 points to 346.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2874 to 845 and 85 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 52.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 5.44% or 1.17 to $20.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 5.76% or 1.61 to hit $26.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 7.10 to trade at $1647.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 108.03, while EUR/JPY fell 0.54% to 119.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 99.010.