Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Fishery, Financial Services and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 9.12% or 22.5 points to trade at 269.1 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 2.92% or 59.0 points to end at 2077.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 2.50% or 12.0 points to 492.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630), which lost 3.35% or 139.0 points to trade at 4005.0 in late trade. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) declined 3.26% or 52.0 points to end at 1541.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) shed 3.23% or 150.0 points to 4497.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2002 to 1037 and 288 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.43% to 19.94.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.15% or 0.08 to $53.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $55.44 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.93% or 11.15 to trade at $1216.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.13% to 113.33, while EUR/JPY fell 0.80% to 121.75.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 100.28.