Investing.com – Japanese stocks fell after the close on Monday, as losses in Japan and sectors drove stocks lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the index fell 2.66% to reach its lowest level in one month.
It was the best performance of the session on KDDI Corp. (TYO :), which rose 0.58% or 25.00 pips and had a price of 4,305.00 at the close. while, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (TYO 🙂 added 0.54% or 21.00 pips to close at 3888.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO: up 0.46% or 4.00 points at 883.00 at the end of trading.
The worst performance in the session was Inpex Corp. (TYO :), which fell by 9.87% or 149.00 points, and its price was 1,360.00 at the close. Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (TYO 🙂 down 7.63% or 265.00 points to close at 3,210.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO 🙂 It fell 7.36% or 70.00 points to 881.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered advancing stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3,235 versus 425 and 152 closed unchanged.
Which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, down 4.25% to 21.61.
Crude oil for November delivery fell 0.46%, or 0.36, to $78.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.55%, or 0.47, to $84.56 a barrel, while gold futures for December were down 0.21%, or $3.50, to trade at $1,652.10 an ounce.
USD/JPY rose 0.29% to 143.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 139.17.
US Dollar Index futures rose 0.18% to 113.17.
