Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Precision Instruments and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.74% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (TYO:4151), which rose 3.58% or 101.00 points to trade at 2,924.00 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) added 3.03% or 145.00 points to end at 4,933.00 and Subaru Corp (TYO:7270) was up 2.55% or 62.00 points to 2,496.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605), which lost 9.44% or 154.00 points to trade at 1,477.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) declined 9.18% or 478.00 points to end at 4,729.00 and Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366) shed 8.24% or 35.00 points to 390.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2742 to 836 and 203 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.77% to 27.31 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.30% or 0.32 to $108.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.24% or 0.27 to hit $113.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.10 to trade at $1,841.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 134.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 141.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 104.22.