Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper&Pulp, Railway&Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.74% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101), which rose 5.01% or 65.0 points to trade at 1363.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Olympus Corp. (T:7733) added 4.34% or 51.0 points to end at 1226.0 and Subaru Corp (T:7270) was up 3.89% or 95.5 points to 2553.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which fell 15.02% or 99.0 points to trade at 560.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 12.81% or 41.0 points to end at 279.0 and NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) was down 7.48% or 107.0 points to 1324.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3168 to 441 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) fell to 3-years lows; losing 15.02% or 99.0 to 560.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.93 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.35% or 0.75 to $54.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.49% or 0.92 to hit $60.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 11.25 to trade at $1468.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.61% to 105.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 117.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.782.
