Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which rose 3.00% or 3.0 points to trade at 103.0 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) added 2.82% or 52.0 points to end at 1897.0 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) was up 2.55% or 16.3 points to 655.6 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which lost 5.08% or 73.0 points to trade at 1363.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 4.32% or 73.0 points to end at 1617.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) shed 4.01% or 102.0 points to 2441.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1555 to 1420 and 374 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.40% to 17.62.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.83% or 0.44 to $52.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.77% or 0.43 to hit $55.47 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.05 to trade at $1231.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 113.80, while EUR/JPY fell 0.50% to 120.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 101.51.