Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Transportation Equipment and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501), which rose 7.51% or 166.0 points to trade at 2375.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 5.39% or 44.0 points to end at 860.0 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) was up 5.07% or 125.0 points to 2591.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NTT Data Corp. (T:9613), which lost 8.32% or 123.0 points to trade at 1356.0 in late trade. Marubeni Corp. (T:8002) declined 6.46% or 59.3 points to end at 859.1 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) shed 5.69% or 350.0 points to 5800.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2073 to 1401 and 220 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.29% to 25.29.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.74% or 0.47 to $62.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.67% or 0.49 to hit $72.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1235.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 113.19, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 128.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.27.