Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Steel and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103), which rose 0.95% or 2.00 points to trade at 213.00 at the close. Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) added 0.74% or 40.00 points to end at 5,480.00 and Secom Co., Ltd. (TYO:9735) was up 0.65% or 52.00 points to 8,053.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099), which lost 4.94% or 69.00 points to trade at 1,327.00 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) declined 4.30% or 140.00 points to end at 3,115.00 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) shed 3.94% or 50.00 points to 1,218.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3186 to 478 and 167 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.83% to 19.45.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.73% or 1.83 to $65.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.67% or 1.95 to hit $71.02 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.94% or 38.35 to trade at $2,011.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.66% to 130.93, while EUR/JPY fell 0.66% to 139.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.42.