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 Construction , Steel and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ube Industries, Ltd. (T: 4208 ), which rose 1.14% or 3.0 points to trade at 267.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T: 3436 ) added 0.85% or 13.0 points to end at 1540.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T: 6366 ) was up 0.73% or 6.0 points to 832.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (T: 5401 ), which lost 4.06% or 108.3 points to trade at 2558.9 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (T: 3103 ) declined 3.53% or 3.0 points to end at 82.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T: 5541 ) shed 2.76% or 10.0 points to 352.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2322 to 748 and 275 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.63% to 18.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $52.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $55.52 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.85% or 10.15 to trade at $1206.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.62% to 113.83, while EUR/JPY fell 0.84% to 120.91.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 101.39.
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