Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253), which rose 20.72% or 277.00 points to trade at 1,614.00 at the close. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) added 3.67% or 115.00 points to end at 3,250.00 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) was up 3.43% or 32.00 points to 965.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which lost 5.11% or 60.00 points to trade at 1,114.00 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:5707) declined 4.78% or 150.00 points to end at 2,990.00 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:5301) shed 3.73% or 40.00 points to 1,031.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2523 to 991 and 245 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.21% to 20.81.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.39% or 0.41 to $105.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.32% or 0.36 to hit $111.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.79% or 15.60 to trade at $1,990.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 126.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 136.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 100.70.