Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Insurance and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843), which rose 4.52% or 750.00 points to trade at 17,330.00 at the close. Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:8830) added 3.88% or 190.00 points to end at 5,086.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501) was up 3.46% or 211.00 points to 6,311.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which lost 6.49% or 126.00 points to trade at 1,814.00 in late trade. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) declined 6.18% or 2,350.00 points to end at 35,700.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) shed 5.57% or 381.00 points to 6,460.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.38% to 18.37 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.14% or 0.11 to $80.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $84.92 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 10.90 to trade at $2,409.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 158.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 172.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 103.97.