Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.61% 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 0.61% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were CyberAgent Inc (TYO:), which rose 2.81% or 28.50 points to trade at 1,042.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tosoh Corp. (TYO:) added 2.37% or 40.00 points to end at 1,728.00 and Toyobo Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.35% or 25.50 points to 1,111.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:), which fell 3.44% or 214.00 points to trade at 6,003.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.10% or 128.00 points to end at 4,005.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) was down 2.74% or 92.00 points to 3,260.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1789 to 1789 and 274 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.47% to 20.26.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.88% or 0.65 to $73.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.85% or 0.67 to hit $77.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.55 to trade at $1,929.95 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 142.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 155.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 102.08.