Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Steel, Railway & Bus and Non-Metal Minerals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 2.17% or 6.0 points to trade at 282.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) added 2.11% or 65.0 points to end at 3140.0 and Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) was up 1.78% or 14.0 points to 800.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which fell 2.97% or 55.0 points to trade at 1796.0 at the close. Kao Corp. (T:4452) declined 2.92% or 208.0 points to end at 6924.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was down 2.80% or 16.0 points to 555.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1786 to 1380 and 302 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.45% to 12.24 a new 5-year low.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.42% or 0.19 to $45.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.47 to trade at $1254.43 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 110.87, while EUR/JPY fell 0.40% to 129.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.84.