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 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 6.68% or 410.0 points to trade at 6550.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Denka Co Ltd (T:4061) added 4.45% or 155.0 points to end at 3640.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) was up 2.59% or 90.0 points to 3570.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which fell 8.20% or 456.0 points to trade at 5103.0 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 6.17% or 175.5 points to end at 2671.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was down 5.17% or 129.0 points to 2365.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2136 to 1418 and 222 ended unchanged.
Shares in Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.20% or 456.0 to 5103.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.08% or 1.38 to $67.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.96% or 1.37 to hit $71.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.60 to trade at $1784.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 113.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 127.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.315.