Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.90% 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 1.90%.

The best performers of the session on the were NH Foods Ltd (TYO:), which rose 1.22% or 50.00 points to trade at 4,145.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 0.92% or 22.00 points to end at 2,421.00 and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (TYO:) was up 0.45% or 17.00 points to 3,789.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:), which fell 7.80% or 422.00 points to trade at 4,989.00 at the close. Shimizu Corp. (TYO:) declined 7.54% or 55.00 points to end at 674.00 and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 5.34% or 83.00 points to 1,470.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2897 to 704 and 187 ended unchanged.

Shares in Shimizu Corp. (TYO:) fell to 5-year lows; down 7.54% or 55.00 to 674.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.06% to 22.77.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 3.67% or 3.75 to $98.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.67% or 3.90 to hit $102.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.81% or 15.70 to trade at $1,918.60 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 128.10, while EUR/JPY fell 0.93% to 137.48.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 101.58.