Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 3.89% or 11.0 points to trade at 294.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 3.78% or 20.0 points to end at 549.5 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) was up 3.41% or 3.0 points to 91.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which lost 3.17% or 2.0 points to trade at 61.0 in late trade. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) declined 2.81% or 810.0 points to end at 27965.0 and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) shed 2.53% or 7.0 points to 270.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1038 to 802 and 163 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.15% to 26.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.24% or 0.60 to $47.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.03% or 0.50 to hit $48.22 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1252.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 109.75, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 123.27.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 95.18.