Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Precision Instruments and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 3.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503), which rose 2.61% or 32.00 points to trade at 1,259.00 at the close. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (TYO:8309) added 1.76% or 71.00 points to end at 4,108.00 and Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:8331) was up 1.68% or 12.00 points to 726.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984), which lost 6.85% or 380.00 points to trade at 5,165.00 in late trade. Kubota Corp. (TYO:6326) declined 6.26% or 153.50 points to end at 2,298.50 and Omron Cor (TYO:6645) shed 5.89% or 438.00 points to 7,003.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2911 to 645 and 202 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.19% to 21.27.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.19% or 2.64 to $118.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.15% or 2.62 to hit $119.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 11.90 to trade at $1,863.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.23% to 134.73, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 141.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 104.41.