Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 2.83% or 30.0 points to trade at 1090.0 at the close. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) added 1.74% or 21.0 points to end at 1230.0 and Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) was up 1.61% or 40.0 points to 2522.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267), which lost 3.35% or 75.0 points to trade at 2164.0 in late trade. JGC Corp. (T:1963) declined 3.28% or 53.0 points to end at 1564.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 2.83% or 39.0 points to 1337.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2109 to 1380 and 222 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.12% to 16.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.63% or 0.40 to $63.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.67% or 0.47 to hit $70.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.65 to trade at $1301.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 111.48, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 125.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.855.