Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Railway & Bus and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 9.79% or 29.4 points to trade at 329.6 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 3.92% or 17.0 points to end at 451.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was up 3.77% or 65.0 points to 1788.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which lost 4.53% or 250.0 points to trade at 5270.0 in late trade. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) declined 4.01% or 101.0 points to end at 2416.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) shed 3.33% or 72.0 points to 2087.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1653 to 1492 and 319 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.28% to 13.28 a new 5-year low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.35% or 0.16 to $45.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $48.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.31 to trade at $1271.09 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.29% to 110.02, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 123.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 97.10.