Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transport and Finance & Investment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.80% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208), which rose 2.44% or 6.0 points to trade at 252.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) added 1.92% or 22.0 points to end at 1165.0 and Uny Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:8270) was up 1.06% or 8.0 points to 763.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305), which fell 4.54% or 87.0 points to trade at 1830.0 at the close. Minebea Co., Ltd. (T:6479) declined 4.46% or 54.0 points to end at 1158.0 and Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6767) was down 4.45% or 29.0 points to 622.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1529 to 343 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Minebea Co., Ltd. (T:6479) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.46% or 54.0 to 1158.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 13.49% to 23.89 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.41% or 0.14 to $35.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.44% or 0.17 to hit $38.15 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.50 to trade at $1073.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 121.20, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 132.93.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 97.82.