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 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 4.32% or 54.0 points to trade at 1305.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 3.88% or 220.0 points to end at 5885.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 3.43% or 48.0 points to 1449.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which lost 7.42% or 209.0 points to trade at 2606.0 in late trade. The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (T:8355) declined 4.10% or 33.0 points to end at 772.0 and NSK Ltd. (T:6471) shed 3.12% or 30.0 points to 933.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1868 to 1609 and 246 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.34.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.37% or 0.21 to $55.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.73% or 0.46 to hit $62.91 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1418.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 108.66, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 120.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.803.