Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.44% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367), which rose 1.23% or 135.0 points to trade at 11110.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) added 0.60% or 70.0 points to end at 11650.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was up 0.38% or 2.0 points to 527.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which fell 4.05% or 165.0 points to trade at 3905.0 at the close. Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) declined 3.55% or 25.6 points to end at 696.4 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was down 3.28% or 79.0 points to 2330.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2388 to 679 and 274 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.35% to 17.87.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.83% or 0.40 to $47.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.65% or 0.33 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 9.65 to trade at $1258.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.09% to 110.16, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 119.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 98.92.