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 lost 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382), which rose 4.47% or 225.0 points to trade at 5258.0 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) added 4.10% or 29.0 points to end at 737.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) was up 2.87% or 38.0 points to 1360.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which lost 4.42% or 57.0 points to trade at 1233.0 in late trade. Konami Corp. (T:9766) declined 2.97% or 210.0 points to end at 6850.0 and Toyota Tsusho Corp. (T:8015) shed 2.21% or 120.0 points to 5300.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2408 to 1134 and 232 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.08% or 0.06 to $74.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $75.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 5.80 to trade at $1783.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 110.65, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 132.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 91.698.