Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.68%

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 0.68%.

The best performers of the session on the were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 2.40% or 191.00 points to trade at 8,156.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO:) added 2.36% or 13.00 points to end at 563.00 and Toyobo Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.21% or 23.00 points to 1,064.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.94% or 341.00 points to trade at 6,559.00 at the close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.13% or 1,000.00 points to end at 30,970.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.60% or 122.00 points to 4,565.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2382 to 1210 and 246 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.22% to 15.81.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.40% or 1.00 to $72.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.29% or 0.97 to hit $76.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.75 to trade at $2,027.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 135.09, while EUR/JPY rose 0.48% to 149.26.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 100.89.