Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Warehousing and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (TOKYO:3103), which rose 3.08% or 2.0 points to trade at 67.0 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4523) added 2.85% or 229.0 points to end at 8274.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (TOKYO:6702) was up 2.36% or 13.9 points to 602.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6703), which lost 6.19% or 14.0 points to trade at 212.0 in late trade. Okuma Corp. (TOKYO:6103) declined 5.13% or 52.0 points to end at 961.0 and Advantest Corp. (TOKYO:6857) shed 4.51% or 46.0 points to 975.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 948 to 928 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.93% to 33.21.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.46% or 0.66 to $44.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 99.02% or 49.56 to hit $0.49 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1133.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.46% to 121.14, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 136.07.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 95.83.