Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Transportation Equipment and Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 6.45% or 113.0 points to trade at 1866.0 at the close. Meanwhile, T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) added 4.23% or 73.5 points to end at 1811.5 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 4.21% or 59.0 points to 1460.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Terumo Corp. (T:4543), which fell 3.88% or 240.0 points to trade at 5950.0 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) declined 3.34% or 170.0 points to end at 4915.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was down 2.31% or 61.0 points to 2576.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1709 to 1628 and 223 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.27% to 16.00 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.63% or 0.43 to $67.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.53% or 0.39 to hit $73.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.20 to trade at $1332.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 107.89, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 132.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 90.28.