Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Services and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mazda Motor Corp. (T:7261), which rose 6.00% or 89.0 points to trade at 1571.5 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) added 4.77% or 54.0 points to end at 1187.0 and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) was up 3.57% or 5.0 points to 145.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which lost 5.57% or 13.0 points to trade at 220.5 in late trade. Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) declined 4.89% or 15.0 points to end at 292.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) shed 4.83% or 135.0 points to 2658.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1196 to 753 and 108 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.03% to 29.14.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.16% or 0.07 to $44.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.24% or 0.11 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.54% or 7.25 to trade at $1324.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 106.18, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 116.46.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 97.46.