© Reuters. Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 2.11%
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 2.11%.
The best performers of the session on the were Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 5.79% or 249.00 points to trade at 4,550.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Teijin Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.87% or 51.00 points to end at 1,367.50 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) was up 2.79% or 10.00 points to 369.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TYO:), which fell 7.00% or 322.00 points to trade at 4,277.00 at the close. SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:) declined 6.04% or 554.00 points to end at 8,625.00 and Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TYO:) was down 5.59% or 557.00 points to 9,411.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3139 to 610 and 135 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.39% to 21.95 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.54% or 0.42 to $77.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.43% or 0.35 to hit $81.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.20 to trade at $2,185.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 146.95, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 160.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 102.34.
