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 3.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019), which rose 1.94% or 45.0 points to trade at 2370.0 at the close. NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) added 0.82% or 23.5 points to end at 2895.0 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) was up 0.49% or 32.0 points to 6535.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 9.91% or 56.0 points to trade at 509.0 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 7.69% or 23.0 points to end at 276.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) shed 7.21% or 275.0 points to 3538.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3018 to 574 and 107 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 33.42.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 4.14% or 1.50 to $34.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.81% or 1.09 to hit $37.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.83% or 14.35 to trade at $1722.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 107.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 120.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.293.