Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NH Foods Ltd (TYO:2282), which rose 1.22% or 50.00 points to trade at 4,145.00 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064) added 0.92% or 22.00 points to end at 2,421.00 and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (TYO:9432) was up 0.45% or 17.00 points to 3,789.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984), which lost 7.80% or 422.00 points to trade at 4,989.00 in late trade. Shimizu Corp. (TYO:1803) declined 7.54% or 55.00 points to end at 674.00 and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253) shed 5.34% or 83.00 points to 1,470.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2897 to 704 and 187 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.06% to 22.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 3.67% or 3.75 to $98.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.66% or 3.89 to hit $102.26 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 15.50 to trade at $1,918.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 128.10, while EUR/JPY fell 0.93% to 137.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 101.58.