Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Real Estate, Finance & Investment and Food sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.68%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 2.40% or 191.00 points to trade at 8,156.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO:9412) added 2.36% or 13.00 points to end at 563.00 and Toyobo Co., Ltd. (TYO:3101) was up 2.21% or 23.00 points to 1,064.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which fell 4.94% or 341.00 points to trade at 6,559.00 at the close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983) declined 3.13% or 1,000.00 points to end at 30,970.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) was down 2.60% or 122.00 points to 4,565.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2382 to 1210 and 246 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.22% to 15.81.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.40% or 1.00 to $72.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.29% or 0.97 to hit $76.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.75 to trade at $2,027.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 135.09, while EUR/JPY rose 0.48% to 149.26.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 100.89.