Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Glass and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.94% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711), which rose 8.12% or 171.00 points to trade at 2,278.00 at the close. Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) added 6.84% or 235.00 points to end at 3,670.00 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 6.81% or 91.00 points to 1,428.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which lost 16.76% or 150.00 points to trade at 745.00 in late trade. Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) declined 10.37% or 380.00 points to end at 3,285.00 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) shed 9.13% or 139.00 points to 1,384.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3266 to 433 and 106 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.87% to 27.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 8.39% or 9.70 to $125.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 9.09% or 10.74 to hit $128.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.17% or 23.10 to trade at $1,989.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.27% to 115.08, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 125.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 98.82.