Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.23%

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 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the were Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which rose 7.53% or 44.00 points to trade at 628.00 at the close. Meanwhile, CyberAgent Inc (TYO:) added 3.33% or 28.50 points to end at 885.10 and DIC Corp (TYO:) was up 2.88% or 77.50 points to 2,771.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (TYO:), which fell 2.33% or 18.30 points to trade at 767.50 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.02% or 25.00 points to end at 1,214.00 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:) was down 1.81% or 13.00 points to 706.00.

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 2.11% to 17.46.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.61% or 0.44 to $71.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $77.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 11.70 to trade at $2,071.80 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 141.04, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 155.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 101.06.