Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Paper & Pulp and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which rose 6.01% or 57.0 points to trade at 1005.0 at the close. Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061) added 4.24% or 165.0 points to end at 4055.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) was up 3.45% or 200.0 points to 6000.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 5.83% or 17.0 points to trade at 274.5 in late trade. MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (T:8725) declined 5.51% or 204.0 points to end at 3500.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) shed 4.00% or 112.0 points to 2689.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2162 to 1136 and 200 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.42% to 20.06.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.21% or 0.12 to $56.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.29% or 0.18 to hit $62.54 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.06 to trade at $1291.44 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 112.03, while EUR/JPY fell 0.39% to 131.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.78.