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 2.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which rose 7.52% or 33.0 points to trade at 472.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 5.27% or 215.0 points to end at 4295.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 4.73% or 124.0 points to 2746.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801), which lost 7.29% or 510.0 points to trade at 6490.0 in late trade. Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (T:8766) declined 5.55% or 315.0 points to end at 5359.0 and Denso Corp. (T:6902) shed 4.94% or 382.0 points to 7350.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1805 to 1746 and 211 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.34.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.24% or 0.76 to $60.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.21% or 0.78 to hit $63.75 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 12.20 to trade at $1729.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.17% to 108.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.26% to 129.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 92.052.