Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Mining and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.92% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 3.99% or 50.5 points to trade at 1316.0 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) added 3.67% or 193.0 points to end at 5448.0 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) was up 3.10% or 46.0 points to 1527.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253), which lost 7.26% or 85.0 points to trade at 1085.0 in late trade. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 6.35% or 651.0 points to end at 9599.0 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) shed 5.66% or 174.0 points to 2901.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3059 to 548 and 133 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.40% to 20.25.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.97% or 0.52 to $52.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.50% or 0.93 to hit $61.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 7.65 to trade at $1318.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 108.21, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 120.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.640.