Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Fishery and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630), which rose 3.64% or 151.0 points to trade at 4302.0 at the close. Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) added 2.36% or 30.0 points to end at 1300.0 and ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) was up 1.81% or 7.6 points to 427.4 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151), which lost 4.26% or 83.0 points to trade at 1866.0 in late trade. Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5201) declined 2.79% or 120.0 points to end at 4180.0 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) shed 2.70% or 79.0 points to 2850.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2909 to 423 and 143 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.20% to 15.17.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.13% or 0.06 to $47.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.25% or 0.66 to hit $52.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.95% or 12.60 to trade at $1343.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.72% to 109.47, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 130.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 92.48.