Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Warehousing and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which rose 22.71% or 400.00 points to trade at 2,161.00 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) added 7.04% or 39.00 points to end at 593.00 and Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843) was up 2.70% or 525.00 points to 19,985.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361), which lost 5.98% or 124.50 points to trade at 1,959.00 in late trade. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) declined 5.53% or 140.00 points to end at 2,392.00 and Murata Mfg Co (TYO:6981) shed 4.59% or 141.50 points to 2,942.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2709 to 988 and 186 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.61% to 26.54.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.61% or 0.46 to $75.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.53% or 0.42 to hit $79.26 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 4.00 to trade at $2,541.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.46% to 145.42, while EUR/JPY fell 1.33% to 160.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 101.92.