Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Paper & Pulp and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 4.07% or 37.0 points to trade at 945.0 at the close. JGC Corp. (T:1963) added 2.84% or 60.0 points to end at 2172.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 2.31% or 130.0 points to 5750.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 3.22% or 64.0 points to trade at 1924.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 3.18% or 71.0 points to end at 2160.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) shed 3.03% or 27.0 points to 865.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2773 to 665 and 157 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.28% to 17.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.34% or 0.23 to $68.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.72% or 0.54 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1271.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.43% to 109.50, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 127.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.18.