Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.74% By Investing.com

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 fell 0.74% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 3.58% or 101.00 points to trade at 2,924.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:) added 3.03% or 145.00 points to end at 4,933.00 and Subaru Corp (TYO:) was up 2.55% or 62.00 points to 2,496.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Inpex Corp. (TYO:), which fell 9.44% or 154.00 points to trade at 1,477.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 9.18% or 478.00 points to end at 4,729.00 and Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:) was down 8.24% or 35.00 points to 390.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2742 to 836 and 203 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.77% to 27.31 a new 1-month high.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.27% or 0.29 to $108.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.21% or 0.24 to hit $113.36 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.95 to trade at $1,841.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 134.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 141.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 104.22.