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 fell 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which rose 7.12% or 101.0 points to trade at 1519.0 at the close. Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) added 5.61% or 350.0 points to end at 6590.0 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011) was up 5.24% or 159.0 points to 3193.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which lost 12.22% or 315.0 points to trade at 2263.0 in late trade. Denka Co Ltd (T:4061) declined 9.69% or 390.0 points to end at 3635.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 9.11% or 530.0 points to 5290.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2188 to 1372 and 218 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.08.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.66% or 0.61 to $91.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.18% or 0.17 to hit $93.10 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 4.40 to trade at $1812.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 115.26, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 131.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.530.