Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Warehousing and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which rose 5.01% or 29.00 points to trade at 608.00 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) added 4.53% or 304.00 points to end at 7,015.00 and DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432) was up 4.43% or 116.00 points to 2,735.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064), which lost 4.25% or 78.00 points to trade at 1,757.00 in late trade. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007) declined 4.21% or 62.00 points to end at 1,412.00 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) shed 3.00% or 110.00 points to 3,552.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2218 to 1403 and 256 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.55% to 21.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.15% or 0.82 to $70.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.40% or 0.30 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 6.31 to trade at $2,669.49 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 153.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 161.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 106.55.