Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Paper & Pulp and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which rose 6.01% or 57.0 points to trade at 1005.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061) added 4.24% or 165.0 points to end at 4055.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) was up 3.45% or 200.0 points to 6000.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which fell 5.83% or 17.0 points to trade at 274.5 at the close. MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (T:8725) declined 5.51% or 204.0 points to end at 3500.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was down 4.00% or 112.0 points to 2689.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2162 to 1136 and 200 ended unchanged.
Shares in Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061) rose to all time highs; up 4.24% or 165.0 to 4055.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.42% to 20.06.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.21% or 0.12 to $56.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.29% or 0.18 to hit $62.54 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.06 to trade at $1291.44 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 112.03, while EUR/JPY fell 0.39% to 131.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.78.