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 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 3.24% or 13.0 points to trade at 414.0 at the close. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) added 2.76% or 18.0 points to end at 670.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) was up 2.21% or 58.0 points to 2682.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 3.23% or 70.0 points to trade at 2100.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 3.02% or 227.0 points to end at 7281.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) shed 2.72% or 125.0 points to 4470.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1864 to 1684 and 244 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.74.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.12% or 0.07 to $59.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $65.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.05 to trade at $1482.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 109.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 121.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 96.515.