Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Pharmaceutical Industry and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 5.52% or 75.5 points to trade at 1442.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 3.36% or 75.0 points to end at 2304.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was up 2.66% or 90.0 points to 3475.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865), which fell 3.64% or 25.0 points to trade at 661.0 at the close. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) declined 3.32% or 19.0 points to end at 554.0 and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) was down 2.61% or 61.0 points to 2276.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2010 to 1368 and 190 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.25% to 22.55.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.52% or 0.34 to $65.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.82% or 0.57 to hit $69.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 8.10 to trade at $1335.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 106.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 131.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 89.56.