Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Precision Instruments and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361), which rose 5.71% or 140.50 points to trade at 2,601.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) added 5.40% or 361.00 points to end at 7,046.00 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (TYO:7269) was up 5.17% or 92.50 points to 1,882.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432), which fell 7.75% or 243.00 points to trade at 2,892.00 at the close. IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) declined 5.48% or 510.00 points to end at 8,801.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501) was down 5.15% or 428.00 points to 7,890.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2119 to 1576 and 204 ended unchanged.
Shares in Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.40% or 361.00 to 7,046.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.76% to 21.79.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.26% or 0.19 to $73.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.27% or 0.21 to hit $76.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 10.59 to trade at $2,644.11 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 157.63, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 162.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 108.72.
