Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Insurance, Communication and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (T:9301), which rose 3.96% or 118.00 points to trade at 3,095.00 at the close. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (T:8309) added 3.51% or 146.00 points to end at 4,307.00 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was up 3.43% or 11.00 points to 332.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 6.64% or 305.00 points to trade at 4,285.00 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 5.41% or 167.00 points to end at 2,918.00 and DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) shed 5.08% or 310.00 points to 5,790.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2219 to 1350 and 244 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.03% to 24.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 3.84% or 4.37 to $109.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 3.40% or 3.99 to hit $113.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.06% or 20.75 to trade at $1,933.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 1.38% to 123.75, while EUR/JPY rose 1.15% to 135.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 99.21.