Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.29%

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 declined 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:), which rose 3.24% or 13.0 points to trade at 414.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:) added 2.76% or 18.0 points to end at 670.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:) was up 2.21% or 58.0 points to 2682.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:), which fell 3.23% or 70.0 points to trade at 2100.0 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:) declined 3.02% or 227.0 points to end at 7281.0 and Konami Corp. (T:) was down 2.72% or 125.0 points to 4470.0.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1864 to 1684 and 244 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.74.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.12% or 0.07 to $59.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $65.14 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.05 to trade at $1482.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 109.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 121.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.520.

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