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 lost 0.10%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ibiden Co Ltd (TYO:4062), which rose 3.76% or 295.00 points to trade at 8,149.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) added 3.66% or 680.00 points to end at 19,255.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) was up 3.13% or 49.00 points to 1,616.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which fell 4.76% or 30.50 points to trade at 610.00 at the close. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202) declined 4.37% or 109.00 points to end at 2,385.50 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) was down 4.19% or 1,285.00 points to 29,405.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2071 to 1499 and 239 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.22% to 45.80.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.51% or 0.49 to $97.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.25% or 1.29 to hit $104.43 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 43.16 to trade at $5,018.54 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.30% to 159.25, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 182.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.07.