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 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denso Corp. (T:6902), which rose 2.07% or 119.0 points to trade at 5858.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) added 2.02% or 13.0 points to end at 656.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) was up 1.93% or 140.0 points to 7400.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which fell 6.81% or 56.0 points to trade at 766.0 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) declined 6.61% or 43.0 points to end at 608.0 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) was down 5.62% or 50.0 points to 840.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1884 to 1616 and 223 ended unchanged.
Shares in CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) rose to all time highs; up 1.93% or 140.0 to 7400.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.04 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.31% or 0.16 to $52.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.42% or 0.23 to hit $54.87 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 5.00 to trade at $1834.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 103.75, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 125.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.820.