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 declined 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Astellas Pharma Inc. (T:4503), which rose 2.10% or 37.0 points to trade at 1797.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 2.06% or 200.0 points to end at 9890.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 1.34% or 70.0 points to 5310.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NTN Corp. (T:6472), which fell 4.95% or 16.0 points to trade at 307.0 at the close. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) declined 4.71% or 99.0 points to end at 2002.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) was down 4.01% or 71.0 points to 1700.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2394 to 1149 and 196 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.76.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.00% or 0.66 to $66.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.92% or 0.63 to hit $69.35 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 3.35 to trade at $1908.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 109.70, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 133.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 90.015.