Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.79%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding , Paper & Pulp and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.79%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T: 6366 ), which rose 4.07% or 37.0 points to trade at 945.0 at the close. JGC Corp. (T: 1963 ) added 2.84% or 60.0 points to end at 2172.0 and Konami Corp. (T: 9766 ) was up 2.31% or 130.0 points to 5750.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T: 5301 ), which lost 3.22% or 64.0 points to trade at 1924.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T: 3436 ) declined 3.18% or 71.0 points to end at 2160.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T: 7211 ) shed 3.03% or 27.0 points to 865.5.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2773 to 665 and 157 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.28% to 17.55.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.34% or 0.23 to $68.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.72% or 0.54 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1271.70 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.43% to 109.50, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 127.70.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.18.