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 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:), which rose 5.01% or 29.00 points to trade at 608.00 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.53% or 304.00 points to end at 7,015.00 and DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:) was up 4.43% or 116.00 points to 2,735.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 4.25% or 78.00 points to trade at 1,757.00 in late trade. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.21% or 62.00 points to end at 1,412.00 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:) shed 3.00% or 110.00 points to 3,552.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2218 to 1403 and 256 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.55% to 21.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.15% or 0.82 to $70.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.40% or 0.30 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 6.31 to trade at $2,669.49 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 153.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 161.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 106.55.
