Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.22%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733), which rose 4.64% or 80.00 points to trade at 1,802.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324) added 3.59% or 105.00 points to end at 3,029.00 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) was up 3.55% or 161.00 points to 4,699.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which fell 7.92% or 925.00 points to trade at 10,750.00 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) declined 5.46% or 512.00 points to end at 8,862.00 and SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) was down 4.81% or 780.00 points to 15,450.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1895 to 1709 and 241 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.24% to 22.27 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.22% or 0.14 to $64.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $67.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.85% or 29.82 to trade at $3,545.92 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 146.98, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 172.33.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 97.55.

Source: Investing.com