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 lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 9.25% or 38.0 points to trade at 449.0 at the close. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) added 6.01% or 150.5 points to end at 2656.5 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 5.66% or 275.0 points to 5130.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which lost 11.30% or 191.0 points to trade at 1500.0 in late trade. Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) declined 9.18% or 91.0 points to end at 900.0 and GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) shed 8.82% or 219.0 points to 2264.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2162 to 1377 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 19.79.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.11% or 0.90 to $82.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.03% or 0.85 to hit $83.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.50 to trade at $1818.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 113.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 131.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 94.315.