Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (T:8802), which rose 5.04% or 108.5 points to trade at 2262.5 at the close. Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801) added 2.77% or 77.0 points to end at 2858.5 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 2.48% or 8.0 points to 330.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 7.90% or 180.0 points to trade at 2098.0 in late trade. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) declined 6.22% or 270.0 points to end at 4070.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) shed 5.66% or 3510.0 points to 58460.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3267 to 414 and 126 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 2.40% or 1.30 to $52.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 2.29% or 1.37 to hit $58.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 5.45 to trade at $1577.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 109.08, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 120.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.655.