Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Insurance and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which rose 5.47% or 60.0 points to trade at 1157.0 at the close. Meanwhile, DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) added 2.06% or 75.0 points to end at 3720.0 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) was up 1.93% or 29.0 points to 1530.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TDK Corp. (T:6762), which fell 6.26% or 450.0 points to trade at 6740.0 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) declined 5.77% or 72.5 points to end at 1183.0 and The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T:8750) was down 5.05% or 75.5 points to 1421.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1371 to 563 and 129 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.47% or 60.0 to 1157.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.21% to 20.68.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.70% or 0.31 to $44.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.62% or 0.29 to hit $46.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.23% or 3.05 to trade at $1338.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 100.93, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 113.30.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 95.43.