Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 2.11%

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 2.11%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 5.79% or 249.00 points to trade at 4,550.00 at the close. Teijin Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.87% or 51.00 points to end at 1,367.50 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) was up 2.79% or 10.00 points to 369.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TYO:), which lost 7.00% or 322.00 points to trade at 4,277.00 in late trade. SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:) declined 6.04% or 554.00 points to end at 8,625.00 and Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TYO:) shed 5.59% or 557.00 points to 9,411.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3139 to 610 and 135 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.39% to 21.95 a new 1-month high.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.51% or 0.40 to $77.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.40% or 0.33 to hit $81.75 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $2,185.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 146.95, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 160.73.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 102.34.