Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.97%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp , Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.97%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denso Corp. (T: 6902 ), which rose 2.07% or 119.0 points to trade at 5858.0 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T: 7004 ) added 2.02% or 13.0 points to end at 656.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T: 4751 ) was up 1.93% or 140.0 points to 7400.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nikon Corp. (T: 7731 ), which lost 6.81% or 56.0 points to trade at 766.0 in late trade. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T: 3099 ) declined 6.61% or 43.0 points to end at 608.0 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T: 3086 ) shed 5.62% or 50.0 points to 840.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1884 to 1616 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.04 a new 1-month high.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.31% or 0.16 to $52.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.42% or 0.23 to hit $54.87 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 5.00 to trade at $1834.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 103.75, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 125.30.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.820.