Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.44% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367), which rose 1.23% or 135.0 points to trade at 11110.0 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) added 0.60% or 70.0 points to end at 11650.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was up 0.38% or 2.0 points to 527.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which lost 4.05% or 165.0 points to trade at 3905.0 in late trade. Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) declined 3.55% or 25.6 points to end at 696.4 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) shed 3.28% or 79.0 points to 2330.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2388 to 679 and 274 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.35% to 17.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.88% or 0.42 to $47.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.65% or 0.33 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 9.65 to trade at $1258.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.09% to 110.16, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 119.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 98.92.