Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Railway & Bus and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which rose 5.46% or 53.0 points to trade at 1024.5 at the close. Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) added 4.88% or 12.0 points to end at 258.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) was up 4.33% or 10.0 points to 241.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501), which lost 5.87% or 32.0 points to trade at 513.0 in late trade. Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) declined 4.89% or 122.0 points to end at 2375.0 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063) shed 4.74% or 282.0 points to 5666.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1279 to 513 and 99 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.20% to 34.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.27% or 0.09 to $32.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.46% or 0.16 to hit $35.26 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.60% or 7.30 to trade at $1227.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.92% to 112.95, while EUR/JPY fell 0.82% to 123.60.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 97.97.