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 2.17% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721), which rose 1.19% or 35.0 points to trade at 2971.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) added 0.96% or 26.0 points to end at 2732.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 0.65% or 9.0 points to 1388.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which fell 6.52% or 132.0 points to trade at 1891.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) declined 5.64% or 200.0 points to end at 3345.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was down 5.53% or 111.0 points to 1896.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3133 to 440 and 150 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.31.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.31% or 0.17 to $54.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.17% or 0.10 to hit $58.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.80 to trade at $1542.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 105.62, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 117.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 97.730.