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 declined 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 2.61% or 14.40 points to trade at 566.00 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.29% or 50.50 points to end at 2,254.50 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 1.97% or 17.70 points to 916.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 5.73% or 29.20 points to trade at 480.00 in late trade. Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:) declined 4.94% or 300.00 points to end at 5,778.00 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) shed 3.18% or 17.50 points to 532.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2067 to 1625 and 203 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.73% to 20.80.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $70.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 3.01 to trade at $2,628.89 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 157.84, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 164.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 107.79.
