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 declined 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the were M3 Inc (TYO:), which rose 5.64% or 70.50 points to trade at 1,320.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mercari Inc (TYO:) added 3.22% or 62.00 points to end at 1,987.00 and GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:) was up 3.13% or 82.00 points to 2,705.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dentsu Inc. (TYO:), which fell 10.01% or 410.00 points to trade at 3,687.00 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 10.00% or 714.00 points to end at 6,427.00 and Aozora Bank, Ltd. (TYO:) was down 7.30% or 198.50 points to 2,521.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1888 to 1712 and 264 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.76% to 23.22.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.24% or 0.16 to $67.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $71.26 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 18.80 to trade at $2,588.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 154.65, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 163.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 106.61.
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