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 declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 5.27% or 27.0 points to trade at 539.0 at the close. Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) added 3.30% or 6.0 points to end at 188.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was up 3.25% or 545.0 points to 17320.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 5.61% or 28.0 points to trade at 471.0 in late trade. Keio Corp. (T:9008) declined 4.08% or 260.0 points to end at 6120.0 and Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) shed 3.19% or 170.0 points to 5160.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1798 to 1665 and 220 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 30.49.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.58% or 0.23 to $40.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.76% or 0.32 to hit $42.51 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 4.15 to trade at $1757.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 107.00, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 119.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 97.403.