Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Rubber and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354), which rose 7.19% or 41.0 points to trade at 611.0 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) added 6.85% or 41.1 points to end at 641.1 and The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) was up 6.16% or 46.0 points to 793.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 5.72% or 3030.0 points to trade at 49900.0 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 4.74% or 98.0 points to end at 1969.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) shed 3.51% or 200.0 points to 5500.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1888 to 1445 and 238 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.80% to 16.38.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $68.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $73.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1230.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.41% to 111.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 130.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.16.