Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Precision Instruments and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361), which rose 5.71% or 140.50 points to trade at 2,601.00 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) added 5.40% or 361.00 points to end at 7,046.00 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (TYO:7269) was up 5.17% or 92.50 points to 1,882.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432), which lost 7.75% or 243.00 points to trade at 2,892.00 in late trade. IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) declined 5.48% or 510.00 points to end at 8,801.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501) shed 5.15% or 428.00 points to 7,890.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2119 to 1576 and 204 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.76% to 21.79.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.26% or 0.19 to $73.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.25% or 0.19 to hit $76.32 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 9.56 to trade at $2,645.14 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 157.63, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 162.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 108.74.