Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Communication and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which rose 12.21% or 135.00 points to trade at 1,241.00 at the close. Aozora Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8304) added 5.64% or 114.00 points to end at 2,136.00 and Obayashi Corp. (TYO:1802) was up 5.49% or 75.00 points to 1,440.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which lost 3.25% or 202.00 points to trade at 6,008.00 in late trade. Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO:4902) declined 3.19% or 15.60 points to end at 473.60 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) shed 3.19% or 224.00 points to 6,796.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2928 to 818 and 141 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.32% to 21.60.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.73% or 0.57 to $77.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.69% or 0.58 to hit $82.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 9.05 to trade at $2,033.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 150.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 161.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.11.