Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.65%

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 1.65%.

The best performers of the session on the were Ebara Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.71% or 140.50 points to trade at 2,601.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 5.40% or 361.00 points to end at 7,046.00 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (TYO:) 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:), which fell 7.75% or 243.00 points to trade at 2,892.00 at the close. IHI Corp. (TYO:) declined 5.48% or 510.00 points to end at 8,801.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) 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:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.40% or 361.00 to 7,046.00.

The , 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.