Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382), which rose 1.93% or 78.0 points to trade at 4119.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) added 1.67% or 27.0 points to end at 1642.5 and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) was up 1.63% or 27.0 points to 1682.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253), which fell 2.95% or 43.0 points to trade at 1413.0 at the close. Seiko Epson Corp (T:6724) declined 2.54% or 37.0 points to end at 1420.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was down 2.38% or 47.0 points to 1926.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1776 to 1640 and 289 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.30.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.27% or 0.14 to $52.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $58.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 5.45 to trade at $1507.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 106.89, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 117.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 98.632.