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 fell 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 5.28% or 17.0 points to trade at 339.0 at the close. Meanwhile, IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 3.29% or 83.0 points to end at 2603.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 3.27% or 69.0 points to 2176.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502), which fell 8.87% or 447.0 points to trade at 4591.0 at the close. Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) declined 6.07% or 280.0 points to end at 4335.0 and Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) was down 3.26% or 145.0 points to 4300.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1997 to 1456 and 265 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.59.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.73% or 0.96 to $56.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.08% or 1.30 to hit $63.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.65 to trade at $1428.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 107.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 120.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.887.