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 declined 1.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762), which rose 9.82% or 43.0 points to trade at 481.0 at the close. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) added 6.78% or 541.0 points to end at 8517.0 and Ebara Corp. (T:6361) was up 4.32% or 240.0 points to 5800.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062), which lost 13.18% or 1120.0 points to trade at 7380.0 in late trade. Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) declined 5.23% or 74.0 points to end at 1342.0 and Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105) shed 4.55% or 45.0 points to 943.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3016 to 576 and 165 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.50.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.02% or 1.38 to $66.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.83% or 1.29 to hit $69.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1778.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 109.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.27% to 128.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 92.532.