Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Communication and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704), which rose 4.51% or 354.00 points to trade at 8,207.00 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) added 3.36% or 178.00 points to end at 5,468.00 and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253) was up 3.35% or 85.00 points to 2,625.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261), which lost 3.62% or 58.00 points to trade at 1,543.50 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) declined 3.55% or 17.20 points to end at 466.80 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) shed 3.54% or 30.70 points to 836.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1820 to 1792 and 268 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.75% to 16.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.84% or 0.62 to $73.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.89% or 0.70 to hit $78.18 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 13.95 to trade at $2,103.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 146.66, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 159.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 103.22.