Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Insurance and Warehousing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.77% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715), which rose 6.28% or 12.0 points to trade at 203.0 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 4.88% or 4.0 points to end at 86.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) was up 4.75% or 320.0 points to 7050.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714), which lost 3.28% or 28.0 points to trade at 825.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) declined 2.87% or 100.0 points to end at 3379.9 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) shed 2.70% or 105.0 points to 3790.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2223 to 820 and 298 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.51% to 19.41.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.40% or 0.65 to $47.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.39% or 0.65 to hit $47.51 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.38% or 4.55 to trade at $1213.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 111.03, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 117.81.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 101.28.