Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Gas & Water and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sharp Corp. (T:6753), which rose 5.54% or 8.0 points to trade at 152.5 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) added 4.83% or 63.0 points to end at 1368.0 and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (T:8725) was up 4.34% or 135.0 points to 3244.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sony Corp. (T:6758), which lost 6.02% or 181.5 points to trade at 2835.5 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) declined 4.97% or 25.0 points to end at 478.5 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) shed 4.89% or 48.0 points to 933.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1117 to 733 and 150 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.09% to 29.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.41% or 0.18 to $43.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.31% or 0.14 to hit $44.93 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.49% or 6.05 to trade at $1236.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.44% to 111.23, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 125.04.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 94.93.