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 5.38% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which rose 2.46% or 68.0 points to trade at 2833.0 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) added 2.35% or 184.0 points to end at 8026.0 and KDDI Corp. (T:9433) was up 0.78% or 25.0 points to 3242.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mizuho Financial Group Inc (T:8411), which lost 13.14% or 18.0 points to trade at 119.0 in late trade. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 12.95% or 114.0 points to end at 766.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) shed 12.89% or 264.0 points to 1784.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3742 to 46 and 19 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 36.41.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 27.06% or 11.17 to $30.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 25.25% or 11.43 to hit $33.84 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 11.50 to trade at $1683.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 3.13% to 102.00, while EUR/JPY fell 1.61% to 116.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.24% at 94.743.