Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.94%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment , Services and Electrical/Machinery sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.94%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were LY Corp (TYO:4689 ), which rose 6.08% or 23.20 points to trade at 405.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541 ) added 5.65% or 76.00 points to end at 1,422.00 and Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843 ) was up 3.95% or 850.00 points to 22,385.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099 ), which fell 6.44% or 150.00 points to trade at 2,177.50 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801 ) declined 5.60% or 202.00 points to end at 3,404.00 and Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7272 ) was down 5.25% or 67.50 points to 1,217.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2121 to 1557 and 207 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.45% to 25.38.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.82% or 0.61 to $75.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.73% or 0.57 to hit $78.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 2.60 to trade at $2,548.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 143.87, while EUR/JPY fell 0.32% to 160.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 100.60.

Source: Investing.com