Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Non-Metal Minerals and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pioneer Corp. (T:6773), which rose 3.88% or 8.0 points to trade at 214.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) added 2.36% or 120.0 points to end at 5210.0 and Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413) was up 1.61% or 27.0 points to 1701.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 3.99% or 121.0 points to trade at 2914.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:6302) declined 3.04% or 145.0 points to end at 4630.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) shed 2.53% or 67.0 points to 2585.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1781 to 1518 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.04% to 17.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.80% or 0.47 to $58.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $63.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.83 to trade at $1290.13 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 111.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 132.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 92.72.