Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Railway & Bus, Services and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7912), which rose 5.79% or 249.00 points to trade at 4,550.00 at the close. Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) added 3.87% or 51.00 points to end at 1,367.50 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) was up 2.79% or 10.00 points to 369.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TYO:5706), which lost 7.00% or 322.00 points to trade at 4,277.00 in late trade. SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) declined 6.04% or 554.00 points to end at 8,625.00 and Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TYO:8015) shed 5.59% or 557.00 points to 9,411.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3139 to 610 and 135 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.39% to 21.95 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.51% or 0.40 to $77.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.40% or 0.33 to hit $81.75 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $2,185.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 146.95, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 160.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 102.34.