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 fell 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 4.89% or 215.0 points to trade at 4615.0 at the close. Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) added 3.87% or 15.0 points to end at 403.0 and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) was up 3.52% or 72.0 points to 2117.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721), which lost 4.17% or 121.0 points to trade at 2782.0 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) declined 3.88% or 535.0 points to end at 13260.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) shed 3.87% or 297.0 points to 7373.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2068 to 1550 and 165 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 37.58.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 5.75% or 1.44 to $23.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.64% or 0.74 to hit $27.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 7.80 to trade at $1691.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 107.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 117.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 100.007.