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 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 2.94% or 133.00 points to trade at 4,656.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SMC Corp (TYO:) added 2.14% or 1,720.00 points to end at 82,030.00 and Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:) was up 2.02% or 62.00 points to 3,127.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.46% or 120.50 points to trade at 2,580.00 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:) declined 4.39% or 262.00 points to end at 5,710.00 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:) was down 3.66% or 40.00 points to 1,054.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2198 to 1417 and 270 ended unchanged.
Shares in Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.94% or 133.00 to 4,656.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.48% to 16.76.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.53% or 0.44 to $82.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.40% or 0.35 to hit $86.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 7.90 to trade at $2,389.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 160.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 173.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.69.
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