Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Glass and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Corp. (T:8058), which rose 3.20% or 77.0 points to trade at 2487.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 2.76% or 43.5 points to end at 1619.5 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 2.62% or 38.0 points to 1488.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which lost 4.49% or 4.0 points to trade at 85.0 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 3.34% or 100.5 points to end at 2907.5 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) shed 2.77% or 20.0 points to 702.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2078 to 940 and 326 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.85% to 20.14.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $46.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $48.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.11% or 13.10 to trade at $1191.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.09% to 111.99, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 119.28.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 100.97.