Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.74%

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 lost 1.74% to hit a new 1-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:), which rose 5.01% or 65.0 points to trade at 1363.0 at the close. Olympus Corp. (T:) added 4.34% or 51.0 points to end at 1226.0 and Subaru Corp (T:) was up 3.89% or 95.5 points to 2553.5 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:), which lost 15.02% or 99.0 points to trade at 560.0 in late trade. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:) declined 12.81% or 41.0 points to end at 279.0 and NTT Data Corp. (T:) shed 7.48% or 107.0 points to 1324.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3168 to 441 and 124 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.93 a new 1-month high.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.33% or 0.74 to $54.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.49% or 0.92 to hit $60.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 11.25 to trade at $1468.75 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.61% to 105.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 117.81.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.782.