Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Services and Electrical/Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were LY Corp (TYO:4689), which rose 6.08% or 23.20 points to trade at 405.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) added 5.65% or 76.00 points to end at 1,422.00 and Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843) was up 3.95% or 850.00 points to 22,385.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099), which fell 6.44% or 150.00 points to trade at 2,177.50 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) declined 5.60% or 202.00 points to end at 3,404.00 and Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7272) was down 5.25% or 67.50 points to 1,217.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2121 to 1557 and 207 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.45% to 25.38.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.82% or 0.61 to $75.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.73% or 0.57 to hit $78.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 2.60 to trade at $2,548.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 143.87, while EUR/JPY fell 0.32% to 160.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 100.60.