Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Rubber, Real Estate and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8766), which rose 5.71% or 200.00 points to trade at 3,700.00 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) added 5.14% or 25.00 points to end at 511.00 and Panasonic Corp (TYO:6752) was up 4.78% or 71.50 points to 1,568.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261), which lost 5.88% or 105.00 points to trade at 1,681.50 in late trade. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007) declined 4.17% or 94.50 points to end at 2,172.00 and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (TYO:8725) shed 3.93% or 220.00 points to 5,380.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1848 to 1803 and 225 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.51% to 18.28 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.05% or 0.80 to $76.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.00% or 0.81 to hit $81.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.80 to trade at $1,982.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.30% to 149.17, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 162.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 103.61.