Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Warehousing and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 2.72% or 90.0 points to trade at 3395.0 at the close. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) added 2.08% or 75.0 points to end at 3675.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was up 2.02% or 23.0 points to 1164.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which lost 3.86% or 29.0 points to trade at 722.0 in late trade. Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) declined 3.67% or 93.0 points to end at 2441.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) shed 3.52% or 140.0 points to 3840.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2212 to 1289 and 201 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.31% to 19.54 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.77% or 0.95 to $52.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.72% or 1.06 to hit $60.53 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.75 to trade at $1299.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 109.39, while EUR/JPY fell 0.22% to 124.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.572.