Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Steel and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 2.93% or 21.0 points to trade at 737.5 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 2.25% or 9.0 points to end at 409.0 and TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) was up 2.15% or 90.0 points to 4270.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630), which lost 4.00% or 174.0 points to trade at 4176.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 3.79% or 65.0 points to end at 1652.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) shed 3.66% or 8.2 points to 216.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2170 to 887 and 306 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.70% to 17.27.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.59% or 0.32 to $54.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.66% or 0.37 to hit $56.68 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1257.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 112.09, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 118.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 101.13.