Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 2.66% 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 declined 2.66% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were KDDI Corp. (TYO:), which rose 0.58% or 25.00 points to trade at 4,305.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (TYO:) added 0.54% or 21.00 points to end at 3,888.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 0.46% or 4.00 points to 883.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Inpex Corp. (TYO:), which fell 9.87% or 149.00 points to trade at 1,360.00 at the close. Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (TYO:) declined 7.63% or 265.00 points to end at 3,210.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) was down 7.36% or 70.00 points to 881.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3235 to 425 and 152 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.25% to 21.61.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.46% or 0.36 to $78.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.55% or 0.47 to hit $84.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 3.50 to trade at $1,652.10 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 143.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 139.17.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 113.17.