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 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which rose 10.54% or 405.0 points to trade at 4246.0 at the close. Panasonic Corp (T:6752) added 4.86% or 67.0 points to end at 1445.5 and Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:6302) was up 4.10% or 116.0 points to 2942.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (T:6178), which lost 4.49% or 39.4 points to trade at 837.4 in late trade. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) declined 3.82% or 2780.0 points to end at 70000.0 and Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) shed 3.39% or 74.0 points to 2111.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2153 to 1327 and 285 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.95.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.88% or 0.74 to $84.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.89% or 0.75 to hit $85.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.75 to trade at $1799.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 113.67, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 132.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.528.