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 lost 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 4.32% or 54.0 points to trade at 1305.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 3.88% or 220.0 points to end at 5885.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 3.43% or 48.0 points to 1449.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which fell 7.42% or 209.0 points to trade at 2606.0 at the close. The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (T:8355) declined 4.10% or 33.0 points to end at 772.0 and NSK Ltd. (T:6471) was down 3.12% or 30.0 points to 933.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1868 to 1609 and 246 ended unchanged.
Shares in The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (T:8355) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.10% or 33.0 to 772.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.34.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.37% or 0.21 to $55.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.73% or 0.46 to hit $62.91 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.35 to trade at $1418.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 108.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 120.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.797.