Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.66% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were KDDI Corp. (TYO:9433), which rose 0.58% or 25.00 points to trade at 4,305.00 at the close. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (TYO:9432) added 0.54% or 21.00 points to end at 3,888.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) was up 0.46% or 4.00 points to 883.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605), which lost 9.87% or 149.00 points to trade at 1,360.00 in late trade. Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (TYO:5019) declined 7.63% or 265.00 points to end at 3,210.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) shed 7.36% or 70.00 points to 881.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3235 to 425 and 152 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.25% to 21.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.44% or 0.35 to $78.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.54% or 0.46 to hit $84.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 3.50 to trade at $1,652.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 143.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 139.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 113.15.