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 2.45%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:), which rose 4.52% or 750.00 points to trade at 17,330.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:) added 3.88% or 190.00 points to end at 5,086.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.46% or 211.00 points to 6,311.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 6.49% or 126.00 points to trade at 1,814.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) declined 6.18% or 2,350.00 points to end at 35,700.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:) was down 5.57% or 381.00 points to 6,460.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.38% to 18.37 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.14% or 0.11 to $80.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $84.93 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 11.00 to trade at $2,409.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 158.16, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 172.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 103.97.
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