Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Steel and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.21% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which rose 10.55% or 78.00 points to trade at 817.00 at the close. NGK Insulators, Ltd. (TYO:5333) added 9.96% or 178.50 points to end at 1,970.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) was up 5.71% or 65.50 points to 1,212.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which lost 8.32% or 45.00 points to trade at 496.00 in late trade. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253) declined 6.06% or 138.00 points to end at 2,141.00 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) shed 5.03% or 79.00 points to 1,493.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2304 to 1378 and 194 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.99% to 19.23.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.87% or 0.72 to $82.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.77% or 0.67 to hit $86.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.35 to trade at $1,945.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 144.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 158.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 102.74.