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 1.25% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which rose 2.02% or 82.0 points to trade at 4149.0 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) added 1.21% or 111.0 points to end at 9268.0 and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7912) was up 0.69% or 17.0 points to 2478.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which lost 5.34% or 175.0 points to trade at 3100.0 in late trade. Ebara Corp. (T:6361) declined 4.68% or 260.0 points to end at 5290.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) shed 4.36% or 64.0 points to 1405.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3032 to 547 and 174 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.61% or 1.15 to $70.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.51% or 1.11 to hit $72.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 7.65 to trade at $1807.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.17% to 109.89, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 129.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.910.