After the market closed on Monday, shares in Japan went down because of losses in the transportation equipment, precision instruments, and chemical, petroleum, and plastics sectors.
By the end of the day in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 had dropped 3.01 percent.
On the Nikkei 225, the best performer was Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503), which rose 2.61 percent or 32 points to close at 1,259.00.(TYO:8309) went up 1.76 percent, or 71 points, to end at 4,108.00, and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (TYO:8309) went up 1.68 percent, or 12 points, to 726.00 in late trade.
Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984), which fell 6.85 %, or 380.00 points, to close at 5,165.00, did the worst of the day’s stocks. Kubota Corp. (TYO:6326) dropped 6.26 percent, or 153.50 points, to $2,298.50, while Omron Corp. (TYO:6645) dropped 5.89 percent, or 438.00 points, to $7,003.00.
On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, there were 2,911 stocks that went down, 645 that went up, and 202 that stayed the same.
The implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options increased 5.19 percent to 21.27, as measured by the Nikkei Volatility Index.
Crude oil for July delivery fell 2.17 percent, or $2.62, to $118.05 per barrel.The August Brent oil contract fell 2.14 percent, or $2.61, to $119.40 per barrel, while gold futures fell 0.63 percent, or $11.80, to $1,863.70 per troy ounce.
The EUR/JPY fell 0.08 percent to 141.22, while the USD/JPY rose 0.23 percent to 134.74.
The US Dollar Index futures were up 0.39 percent at 104.42.
