Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Gas & Water and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which rose 8.78% or 91.0 points to trade at 1127.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 5.59% or 22.0 points to end at 415.5 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 4.73% or 145.0 points to 3210.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which fell 12.64% or 319.0 points to trade at 2205.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 5.94% or 215.0 points to end at 3405.0 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) was down 5.33% or 544.0 points to 9656.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1984 to 1420 and 181 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.32% to 16.01.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.98% or 0.67 to $69.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $74.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.30 to trade at $1220.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 111.09, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 129.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.39.