Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Pharmaceutical Industry and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO:2002), which rose 13.49% or 251.00 points to trade at 2,112.00 at the close. Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9532) added 10.02% or 247.50 points to end at 2,716.50 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) was up 5.75% or 511.00 points to 9,395.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205), which lost 18.67% or 99.90 points to trade at 435.20 in late trade. Omron Cor (TYO:6645) declined 15.83% or 1,000.00 points to end at 5,318.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) shed 11.26% or 54.30 points to 427.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2897 to 783 and 173 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.84% to 22.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.87% or 1.60 to $83.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.56% or 1.39 to hit $87.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 7.25 to trade at $2,005.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 149.47, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 157.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 106.46.