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 1.91% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which rose 4.09% or 46.5 points to trade at 1183.0 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) added 3.59% or 55.0 points to end at 1585.0 and JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) was up 3.41% or 17.0 points to 514.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which lost 4.50% or 17.0 points to trade at 361.0 in late trade. Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) declined 4.28% or 230.0 points to end at 5140.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) shed 4.24% or 10.0 points to 226.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2850 to 795 and 156 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.80.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.76% or 1.11 to $64.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.92% or 1.32 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.40% or 21.75 to trade at $1574.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 108.16, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 120.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.560.