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 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531), which rose 3.63% or 94.5 points to trade at 2695.0 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) added 3.11% or 21.0 points to end at 697.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) was up 2.98% or 251.0 points to 8666.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which lost 7.15% or 65.0 points to trade at 844.0 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) declined 7.10% or 440.0 points to end at 5760.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) shed 4.65% or 62.0 points to 1270.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2041 to 1486 and 185 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.98.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.65% or 0.27 to $41.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.73% or 0.32 to hit $43.46 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.77% or 33.55 to trade at $1931.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.53% to 105.56, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 123.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 93.953.