Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.99% 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 0.99%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Astellas Pharma Inc. (T:4503), which rose 2.10% or 37.0 points to trade at 1797.5 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 2.06% or 200.0 points to end at 9890.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 1.34% or 70.0 points to 5310.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included NTN Corp. (T:6472), which lost 4.95% or 16.0 points to trade at 307.0 in late trade. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) declined 4.71% or 99.0 points to end at 2002.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) shed 4.01% or 71.0 points to 1700.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2394 to 1149 and 196 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.76.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.00% or 0.66 to $66.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 0.62 to hit $69.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 3.35 to trade at $1908.65 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 109.70, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 133.81.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 90.007.