Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Glass and Precision Instruments sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Corp. (T:8058), which rose 3.20% or 77.0 points to trade at 2487.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 2.76% or 43.5 points to end at 1619.5 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 2.62% or 38.0 points to 1488.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which fell 4.49% or 4.0 points to trade at 85.0 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 3.34% or 100.5 points to end at 2907.5 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) was down 2.77% or 20.0 points to 702.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2078 to 940 and 326 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.85% to 20.14.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.07% or 0.03 to $46.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $48.26 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.07% or 12.60 to trade at $1191.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.09% to 111.99, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 119.28.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.50% at 100.97.