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 2.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269), which rose 1.79% or 150.0 points to trade at 8530.0 at the close. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) added 0.53% or 20.0 points to end at 3805.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) was up 0.43% or 10.0 points to 2342.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412), which lost 7.78% or 33.0 points to trade at 391.0 in late trade. Canon Inc (T:7751) declined 6.38% or 144.5 points to end at 2119.5 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) shed 6.25% or 24.0 points to 360.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2745 to 830 and 120 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 28.53.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.69% or 0.65 to $37.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.49% or 0.61 to hit $40.32 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 2.05 to trade at $1782.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 107.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 120.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 97.267.