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

The Japanese lost 1.90% at the Tokyo close.

NH Foods Ltd. (TYO) was the best performer of the session, rising 1.22% (50.00 points) to close at 4,145.00. Meanwhile, Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:), added 0.92%, or 22.00 point to reach 2,421.00 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp Late trade saw a 0.45% increase in the (TYO:), or 17.00 point gain to 3,789.00

Softbank Group Corp.(TYO:) fell 7.80%, or 422.00 Points to trade at 4,989.00 at close. Shimizu Corp. (TYO-) fell 7.54% (55.00 points), to finish at 674.00 Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:), was lower by 5.34%. This brought the total to 1,470.00.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 2897 to 704. 187 was unchanged.

Shimizu Corp.’s shares fell by 7.54% (or 55.00 to 674) to reach their 5-year lows.

The was used to measure the implied volatility of Nikkei options 225. It rose from 22.77 to 6.6%.

The June delivery of crude oil fell 3.67%, or 3.75, to $98.32 per barrel. Brent oil fell 3.90 percent or 3.67% to $102.25 per barrel in July commodities trading. The June Gold Futures contract dropped 0.81%, or 15.70, to $1,918.60 an ounce.

USD/JPY declined 0.35%, to 128.10. EUR/JPY dropped 0.93%, to 137.48.

At 101.58, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.36%.