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 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 7.92% or 195.0 points to trade at 2657.0 at the close. Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T:5802) added 4.23% or 55.0 points to end at 1356.5 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 2.89% or 8.0 points to 285.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801), which lost 4.32% or 98.0 points to trade at 2171.5 in late trade. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) declined 3.97% or 41.0 points to end at 991.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) shed 3.43% or 20.0 points to 562.6.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2187 to 1345 and 211 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.32 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 3.27% or 1.61 to $47.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.31% or 1.73 to hit $50.53 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 15.45 to trade at $1904.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 103.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.40% to 126.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 90.500.