© Reuters. Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.64%
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 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 6.66% or 342.00 points to trade at 5,480.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) added 6.24% or 244.00 points to end at 4,155.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:) was up 4.75% or 38.10 points to 840.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:), which fell 4.54% or 28.00 points to trade at 589.00 at the close. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.46% or 146.00 points to end at 4,069.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:) was down 3.42% or 202.00 points to 5,713.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2376 to 1279 and 230 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.72% to 17.34.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.84% or 0.60 to $72.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.74% or 0.57 to hit $77.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.40 to trade at $2,037.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 142.29, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 155.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 102.08.
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