Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Steel and Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 2.93% or 21.0 points to trade at 737.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 2.25% or 9.0 points to end at 409.0 and TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) was up 2.15% or 90.0 points to 4270.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630), which fell 4.00% or 174.0 points to trade at 4176.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 3.79% or 65.0 points to end at 1652.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) was down 3.66% or 8.2 points to 216.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2170 to 887 and 306 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.70% to 17.27.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.59% or 0.32 to $54.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.66% or 0.37 to hit $56.68 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.45 to trade at $1257.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 112.10, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 118.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 101.13.