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 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:), which rose 4.98% or 119.00 points to trade at 2,510.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Corp. (TYO:) added 4.37% or 180.00 points to end at 4,300.00 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.68% or 50.50 points to 1,422.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:), which fell 6.75% or 27.00 points to trade at 373.00 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (TYO:) declined 4.09% or 40.20 points to end at 942.20 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:) was down 3.24% or 58.00 points to 1,730.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Shares in Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.98% or 119.00 to 2,510.00. Shares in Sumitomo Corp. (TYO:) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.37% or 180.00 to 4,300.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.63% to 19.91.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.67% or 0.52 to $78.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.61% or 0.51 to hit $83.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 13.50 to trade at $2,322.10 a troy ounce.
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USD/JPY was up 0.55% to 153.82, while EUR/JPY rose 0.51% to 165.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 105.04.