Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.11%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financial Services , Warehousing and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.11%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6770 ), which rose 13.68% or 158.00 points to trade at 1,313.00 at the close. SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO: 9412 ) added 7.86% or 33.00 points to end at 453.00 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO: 6501 ) was up 6.72% or 408.00 points to 6,480.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Z Holdings Corp (TYO: 4689 ), which lost 9.83% or 50.60 points to trade at 464.00 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (TYO: 6857 ) declined 4.78% or 430.00 points to end at 8,560.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8308 ) shed 3.42% or 19.30 points to 545.60.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1813 to 1713 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.79% to 25.07.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.16% or 0.17 to $104.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.16% or 0.17 to hit $106.97 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.39% or 26.55 to trade at $1,885.15 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.27% to 130.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 137.31.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 103.26.