Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.08%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the fell 0.08%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:), which rose 12.21% or 135.00 points to trade at 1,241.00 at the close. Aozora Bank, Ltd. (TYO:) added 5.64% or 114.00 points to end at 2,136.00 and Obayashi Corp. (TYO:) was up 5.49% or 75.00 points to 1,440.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:), which lost 3.25% or 202.00 points to trade at 6,008.00 in late trade. Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO:) declined 3.19% or 15.60 points to end at 473.60 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:) shed 3.19% or 224.00 points to 6,796.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2928 to 818 and 141 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.32% to 21.60.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.73% or 0.57 to $77.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.69% or 0.58 to hit $82.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 9.05 to trade at $2,033.15 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 150.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 161.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 104.11.