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 lost 1.74% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101), which rose 5.01% or 65.0 points to trade at 1363.0 at the close. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) added 4.34% or 51.0 points to end at 1226.0 and Subaru Corp (T:7270) was up 3.89% or 95.5 points to 2553.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which lost 15.02% or 99.0 points to trade at 560.0 in late trade. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 12.81% or 41.0 points to end at 279.0 and NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) shed 7.48% or 107.0 points to 1324.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3168 to 441 and 124 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.93 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.33% or 0.74 to $54.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.49% or 0.92 to hit $60.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 11.25 to trade at $1468.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.61% to 105.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 117.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.782.