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 2.46% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202), which rose 4.44% or 108.5 points to trade at 2550.5 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 4.43% or 9.0 points to end at 212.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) was up 3.70% or 62.0 points to 1737.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 9.03% or 51.0 points to trade at 514.0 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) declined 8.89% or 143.5 points to end at 1470.5 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) shed 7.79% or 75.0 points to 888.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1932 to 1752 and 125 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 51.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 4.36% or 1.40 to $30.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 6.00% or 2.03 to hit $31.82 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.15% or 17.45 to trade at $1534.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.28% to 106.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.86% to 118.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 98.275.