Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

The Japanese lost 0.7% at the Tokyo close.

They were the top performers at the session Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. T:, which rose 10.54% (405.0 points) to close at 4246.0. Panasonic Corp (T) gained 4.86%, or 67.0 points, to close at 1445.5 Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. In late trade, the T: was up by 4.10% (or 116.0) to 2942.0

These were the worst performers of the session. Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd T: fell by 4.49%, or 39.4 point to trade at 837.4 at close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. The (T:), fell by 3.82% to 2780.0 points, ending at 70000.0 Ube Industries, Ltd. T: was down by 3.39%, or 74.0 points, to 2111.0.

On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 2153-1327 and 285 ending unchanged.

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. shares dropped to 52 week lows (T:), falling 3.82%, 2780.0 to 70000.0

The implied volatility index of Nikkei’s 225 options was unchanged at 0% to 20%.

Crude oil was 0.74 percent higher at $84.50/barrel for December delivery, an increase of 0.88%. Brent oil, which was due for delivery January 1, rose 0.74 or 0.87% to reach $85.38/barrel, and the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14 or 2.55, trading at $1798.85/troy ounce.

USD/JPY climbed 0.18%, to 113.67. EUR/JPY jumped 0.26%, to 132.50.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.1% at 93.532.