Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the lost 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the were Teijin Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 4.00% or 55.00 points to trade at 1,430.50 at the close. Meanwhile, East Japan Railway Co. (TYO:) added 2.94% or 79.50 points to end at 2,779.50 and West Japan Railway Co. (TYO:) was up 1.76% or 51.00 points to 2,950.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 5.53% or 494.00 points to trade at 8,435.00 at the close. Hoya Cor (TYO:) declined 5.42% or 1,080.00 points to end at 18,850.00 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:) was down 4.71% or 171.00 points to 3,461.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2858 to 800 and 216 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hitachi Ltd (TYO:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.71% or 171.00 to 3,461.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.61% to 19.53 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.38% or 0.30 to $78.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.48% or 0.40 to hit $83.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 3.90 to trade at $2,403.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.61% to 156.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.54% to 170.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 103.99.
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