Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.16%

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 fell 0.16%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T: 3382 ), which rose 1.93% or 78.0 points to trade at 4119.0 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T: 9064 ) added 1.67% or 27.0 points to end at 1642.5 and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T: 5901 ) was up 1.63% or 27.0 points to 1682.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T: 8253 ), which lost 2.95% or 43.0 points to trade at 1413.0 in late trade. Seiko Epson Corp (T: 6724 ) declined 2.54% or 37.0 points to end at 1420.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T: 5707 ) shed 2.38% or 47.0 points to 1926.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1776 to 1640 and 289 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.30.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.27% or 0.14 to $52.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $58.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 5.35 to trade at $1507.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 106.89, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 117.25.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 98.632.