Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Steel, Finance & Investment and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.40% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183), which rose 3.53% or 22.0 points to trade at 645.5 at the close. Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:4188) added 3.28% or 30.9 points to end at 973.1 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) was up 3.06% or 17.6 points to 592.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902), which lost 3.51% or 32.0 points to trade at 879.0 in late trade. Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) declined 2.39% or 75.0 points to end at 3065.0 and Kubota Corp. (T:6326) shed 2.11% or 41.0 points to 1901.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1598 to 1591 and 272 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 15.62% to 17.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.27% or 0.13 to $48.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.47% or 0.25 to hit $52.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.14 to trade at $1293.74 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 108.99, while EUR/JPY fell 0.31% to 128.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.42.