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 fell 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 5.57% or 30.0 points to trade at 569.0 at the close. ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) added 2.56% or 68.5 points to end at 2747.0 and Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) was up 2.53% or 90.0 points to 3645.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which lost 5.39% or 421.0 points to trade at 7391.0 in late trade. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) declined 4.04% or 53.0 points to end at 1259.0 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) shed 3.27% or 355.0 points to 10500.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2163 to 1371 and 233 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 16.85 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.21% or 0.16 to $75.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.21% or 0.16 to hit $76.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 9.45 to trade at $1792.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 111.03, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 131.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.280.