Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.00%

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 1.00%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (TYO:), which rose 1.93% or 113.00 points to trade at 5,956.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Terumo Corp. (TYO:) added 1.71% or 79.00 points to end at 4,704.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) was up 1.55% or 10.10 points to 659.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TYO:), which fell 4.22% or 313.00 points to trade at 7,109.00 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TYO:) declined 3.94% or 141.00 points to end at 3,441.00 and DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 3.67% or 168.00 points to 4,411.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2347 to 1287 and 216 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.08% to 20.74.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.14% or 0.10 to $71.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $76.55 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 8.70 to trade at $1,962.50 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 141.97, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 154.96.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 102.07.