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

At the close in Tokyo, the fell 2.92%.

The best performers of the session on the were JGC Corp. (TYO:), which rose 2.35% or 51.50 points to trade at 2,246.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 1.41% or 120.00 points to end at 8,660.00 and Japan Tobacco Inc (TYO:) was up 1.30% or 78.00 points to 6,056.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:), which fell 7.89% or 26.40 points to trade at 308.00 at the close. Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:) declined 7.30% or 82.00 points to end at 1,041.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 7.27% or 300.00 points to 3,825.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3341 to 374 and 84 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) fell to 3-years lows; down 7.89% or 26.40 to 308.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 25.09% to 33.32.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.50% or 2.49 to $102.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.47% or 3.65 to hit $108.97 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 27.95 to trade at $4,552.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.29% to 159.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 183.91.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 100.02.