Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 5.34% or 56.0 points to trade at 1104.0 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) added 5.30% or 17.0 points to end at 338.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was up 5.19% or 16.0 points to 324.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 8.42% or 490.0 points to trade at 5330.0 in late trade. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) declined 8.07% or 670.0 points to end at 7630.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) shed 7.19% or 540.0 points to 6970.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2268 to 1299 and 179 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.94.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.66% or 0.50 to $75.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.59% or 0.47 to hit $78.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 4.45 to trade at $1753.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 111.15, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 128.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.058.