Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Fishery and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 6.29% or 73.0 points to trade at 1233.0 at the close. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) added 4.29% or 35.0 points to end at 851.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) was up 3.18% or 240.0 points to 7790.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which lost 4.67% or 215.0 points to trade at 4390.0 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 2.70% or 270.0 points to end at 9735.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) shed 2.56% or 90.0 points to 3420.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2083 to 1227 and 192 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.12% to 17.22.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.77% or 0.45 to $57.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.50% or 0.32 to hit $63.41 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.30 to trade at $1276.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.73% to 113.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.28% to 133.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 93.26.