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 lost 2.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which rose 1.36% or 90.0 points to trade at 6710.0 at the close. NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 1.18% or 60.0 points to end at 5150.0 and NH Foods Ltd (T:2282) was up 0.74% or 30.0 points to 4060.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which lost 8.36% or 167.0 points to trade at 1831.0 in late trade. JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) declined 6.10% or 64.0 points to end at 986.0 and Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) shed 5.73% or 164.0 points to 2700.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3301 to 369 and 122 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.09.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.95% or 2.80 to $68.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.33% or 2.45 to hit $71.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 5.30 to trade at $1799.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 113.39, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 127.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.595.