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 2.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267), which rose 2.96% or 62.5 points to trade at 2176.0 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) added 2.30% or 43.0 points to end at 1911.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 1.52% or 9.9 points to 662.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098), which lost 7.99% or 218.5 points to trade at 2514.5 in late trade. Familymart Ltd (T:8028) declined 7.17% or 131.0 points to end at 1696.0 and Toyota Tsusho Corp. (T:8015) shed 7.10% or 175.0 points to 2291.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2511 to 1089 and 160 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 41.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.98% or 0.45 to $23.21 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.11% or 0.35 to hit $31.83 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 8.80 to trade at $1744.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.59% to 107.83, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 118.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 99.153.