Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Rubber, Shipbuilding and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706), which rose 16.76% or 995.0 points to trade at 6930.0 at the close. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) added 4.52% or 22.0 points to end at 509.0 and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) was up 4.44% or 202.6 points to 4770.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 8.33% or 66.0 points to trade at 726.0 in late trade. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 5.41% or 16.0 points to end at 279.5 and Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) shed 4.76% or 11.0 points to 220.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2212 to 1128 and 167 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.02% to 19.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.04 to $56.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $63.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.71 to trade at $1276.91 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 113.42, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 132.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.47.