Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.05% 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 lost 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:), which rose 4.46% or 37.00 points to trade at 867.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:) added 2.01% or 54.00 points to end at 2,742.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) was up 1.96% or 12.50 points to 650.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:), which fell 3.13% or 34.00 points to trade at 1,052.00 at the close. Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.93% or 645.00 points to end at 21,400.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:) was down 2.86% or 42.00 points to 1,426.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2269 to 1269 and 286 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.89% to 17.76.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.66% or 0.49 to $74.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.58% or 0.46 to hit $79.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.65 to trade at $1,802.85 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.57% to 135.91, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 144.51.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 104.07.