Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Insurance and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 6.66% or 342.00 points to trade at 5,480.00 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) added 6.24% or 244.00 points to end at 4,155.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) was up 4.75% or 38.10 points to 840.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which lost 4.54% or 28.00 points to trade at 589.00 in late trade. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7912) declined 3.46% or 146.00 points to end at 4,069.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) shed 3.42% or 202.00 points to 5,713.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2376 to 1279 and 230 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.72% to 17.34.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.84% or 0.60 to $72.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.74% or 0.57 to hit $77.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.50 to trade at $2,037.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 142.29, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 155.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 102.09.