Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Communication, Mining and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pioneer Corp. (TOKYO:6773), which rose 3.89% or 10.0 points to trade at 267.0 at the close. NTT Data Corp. (TOKYO:9613) added 3.57% or 200.0 points to end at 5810.0 and Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5214) was up 3.11% or 19.0 points to 630.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NTT Docomo, Inc. (TOKYO:9437), which lost 9.83% or 240.0 points to trade at 2202.5 in late trade. KDDI Corp. (TOKYO:9433) declined 8.58% or 259.0 points to end at 2760.5 and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (TOKYO:9432) shed 6.45% or 294.0 points to 4264.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1313 to 563 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.24% to 33.36.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.07% or 0.03 to $44.60 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.41% or 0.20 to hit $48.84 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.41% or 4.50 to trade at $1107.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.30% to 120.25, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 136.65.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 95.13.