Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Services, Pharmaceutical Industry and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605), which rose 3.01% or 45.00 points to trade at 1,538.00 at the close. JGC Corp. (TYO:1963) added 2.96% or 53.00 points to end at 1,845.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) was up 2.75% or 109.00 points to 4,074.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205), which lost 3.53% or 23.00 points to trade at 629.00 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) declined 3.21% or 47.00 points to end at 1,419.00 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) shed 2.76% or 15.00 points to 528.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2063 to 1452 and 279 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.21% to 18.11 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.42% or 1.28 to $89.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.36% or 1.32 to hit $95.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 11.65 to trade at $1,751.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 136.95, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 137.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 108.25.