Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Insurance and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063), which rose 4.64% or 580.0 points to trade at 13090.0 at the close. Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) added 3.24% or 29.0 points to end at 924.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) was up 2.92% or 73.0 points to 2577.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928), which lost 3.25% or 69.5 points to trade at 2070.5 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 2.97% or 112.4 points to end at 3675.1 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) shed 2.96% or 75.0 points to 2462.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1826 to 1562 and 196 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.72% to 16.66.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.08% or 0.05 to $66.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.29% or 0.20 to hit $69.95 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.20 to trade at $1345.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.35% to 108.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 135.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 89.09.