Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Transport and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401), which rose 4.00% or 55.00 points to trade at 1,430.50 at the close. East Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9020) added 2.94% or 79.50 points to end at 2,779.50 and West Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9021) was up 1.76% or 51.00 points to 2,950.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6504), which fell 5.53% or 494.00 points to trade at 8,435.00 in late trade. Hoya Cor (TYO:7741) declined 5.42% or 1,080.00 points to end at 18,850.00 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) down 4.71% or 171.00 points to 3,461.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 2858 to 800 and 216 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Shares in Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) fell to 3-year lows; losing 4.71% or 171.00 to 3,461.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.61% to 19.53 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.38% or 0.30 to $78.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.47% or 0.39 to hit $83.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 4.10 to trade at $2,403.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.61% to 156.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.54% to 170.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 103.99.