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 lost 0.64%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:), which rose 5.71% or 200.00 points to trade at 3,700.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:) added 5.14% or 25.00 points to end at 511.00 and Panasonic Corp (TYO:) was up 4.78% or 71.50 points to 1,568.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:), which fell 5.88% or 105.00 points to trade at 1,681.50 at the close. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.17% or 94.50 points to end at 2,172.00 and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (TYO:) was down 3.93% or 220.00 points to 5,380.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1848 to 1803 and 225 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) rose to all time highs; rising 5.71% or 200.00 to 3,700.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.51% to 18.28 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.05% or 0.80 to $76.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.00% or 0.81 to hit $81.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.85 to trade at $1,982.85 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.30% to 149.16, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 162.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 103.61.