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 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101), which rose 4.77% or 91.0 points to trade at 1998.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 3.31% or 12.0 points to end at 374.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was up 2.76% or 25.0 points to 930.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503), which fell 7.70% or 195.0 points to trade at 2337.0 at the close. Kubota Corp. (T:6326) declined 4.89% or 84.0 points to end at 1632.5 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) was down 4.66% or 125.0 points to 2559.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3039 to 627 and 130 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.47.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.15% or 0.08 to $52.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $57.37 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.45 to trade at $1584.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 109.86, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 119.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 99.037.