Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Finance & Investment and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 2.99% or 52.0 points to trade at 1789.0 at the close. Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) added 1.95% or 75.0 points to end at 3930.0 and Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) was up 1.54% or 17.0 points to 1119.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 9.39% or 222.0 points to trade at 2143.0 in late trade. Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) declined 9.18% or 63.0 points to end at 623.0 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) shed 5.86% or 28.0 points to 450.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2572 to 864 and 176 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.73% to 15.08.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.21% or 0.15 to $69.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.49% or 0.38 to hit $78.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.00 to trade at $1209.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 111.02, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 128.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 95.03.