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 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 5.21% or 19.0 points to trade at 384.0 at the close. Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) added 3.51% or 170.0 points to end at 5010.0 and Honda Motor Co Ltd (T:7267) was up 2.87% or 82.0 points to 2939.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which lost 5.75% or 77.0 points to trade at 1261.0 in late trade. Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113) declined 5.52% or 65.0 points to end at 1112.0 and Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) shed 5.35% or 170.0 points to 3010.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2338 to 1242 and 211 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.24% or 0.12 to $50.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $54.39 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.90 to trade at $1575.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 109.83, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 120.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 98.540.