Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 5.28% or 17.0 points to trade at 339.0 at the close. IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 3.29% or 83.0 points to end at 2603.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 3.27% or 69.0 points to 2176.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502), which lost 8.87% or 447.0 points to trade at 4591.0 in late trade. Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) declined 6.07% or 280.0 points to end at 4335.0 and Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) shed 3.26% or 145.0 points to 4300.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1997 to 1456 and 265 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.78% or 0.99 to $56.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.06% or 1.29 to hit $63.76 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.65 to trade at $1428.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 107.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 120.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.882.