Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Transportation Equipment and Precision Instruments sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501), which rose 7.51% or 166.0 points to trade at 2375.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 5.39% or 44.0 points to end at 860.0 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) was up 5.07% or 125.0 points to 2591.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NTT Data Corp. (T:9613), which fell 8.32% or 123.0 points to trade at 1356.0 at the close. Marubeni Corp. (T:8002) declined 6.46% or 59.3 points to end at 859.1 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) was down 5.69% or 350.0 points to 5800.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2073 to 1401 and 220 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.29% to 25.29.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.74% or 0.47 to $62.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.66% or 0.48 to hit $72.35 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.20 to trade at $1235.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 113.19, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 128.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.27.