Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Banking and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pioneer Corp. (T:6773), which rose 7.99% or 25.0 points to trade at 338.0 at the close. Uny Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:8270) added 4.48% or 35.0 points to end at 816.0 and Sony Corp. (T:6758) was up 3.73% or 106.5 points to 2965.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which lost 3.94% or 165.0 points to trade at 4025.0 in late trade. Toyota Motor Corp. (T:7203) declined 3.46% or 189.0 points to end at 5278.0 and Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925) shed 3.38% or 101.5 points to 2897.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1097 to 683 and 135 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.33% to 27.45.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.50% or 0.20 to $39.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.60% or 0.25 to hit $41.69 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.63% or 7.80 to trade at $1251.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 107.82, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 123.08.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 94.07.