Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the fell 2.66% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were KDDI Corp. (TYO:), which rose 0.58% or 25.00 points to trade at 4,305.00 at the close. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (TYO:) added 0.54% or 21.00 points to end at 3,888.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 0.46% or 4.00 points to 883.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inpex Corp. (TYO:), which lost 9.87% or 149.00 points to trade at 1,360.00 in late trade. Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (TYO:) declined 7.63% or 265.00 points to end at 3,210.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) shed 7.36% or 70.00 points to 881.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3235 to 425 and 152 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.25% to 21.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.44% or 0.35 to $78.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.54% or 0.46 to hit $84.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 3.50 to trade at $1,652.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 143.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 139.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 113.15.