Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Mining and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308), which rose 6.54% or 53.40 points to trade at 869.90 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) added 6.13% or 36.00 points to end at 623.00 and Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:8331) was up 5.92% or 64.00 points to 1,144.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (TYO:8801), which lost 4.27% or 147.00 points to trade at 3,295.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802) declined 4.07% or 81.50 points to end at 1,922.00 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) shed 3.86% or 151.00 points to 3,763.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2116 to 1543 and 204 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.63% to 17.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.30% or 0.26 to $87.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.04 to hit $90.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 9.35 to trade at $1,952.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.20% to 146.03, while EUR/JPY fell 0.58% to 156.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 104.22.