Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.77% By Investing.com

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 lost 0.77%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which rose 2.45% or 18.0 points to trade at 752.0 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) added 2.42% or 15.0 points to end at 635.0 and JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) was up 1.82% or 20.0 points to 1121.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which lost 7.11% or 420.0 points to trade at 5490.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 6.18% or 174.0 points to end at 2643.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) shed 6.02% or 250.0 points to 3905.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1840 to 1662 and 237 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.05 a new 52-week low.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.74% or 0.44 to $58.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.64% or 0.40 to hit $62.55 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 4.75 to trade at $1740.05 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 109.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.41% to 130.01.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 92.285.