Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Steel, Power and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.11% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366), which rose 7.20% or 29.00 points to trade at 432.00 at the close. JGC Corp. (TYO:1963) added 4.64% or 88.00 points to end at 1,984.00 and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911) was up 3.22% or 70.00 points to 2,245.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007), which lost 3.33% or 63.00 points to trade at 1,830.00 in late trade. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009) declined 2.75% or 105.00 points to end at 3,720.00 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (TYO:6952) shed 2.16% or 29.00 points to 1,315.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1882 to 1603 and 299 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.43% to 20.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.45% or 2.13 to $89.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.67% or 2.48 to hit $95.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.20 to trade at $1,721.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 140.49, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 139.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 109.91.