Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Retail, Construction and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sojitz Corp. (T:2768), which rose 7.98% or 17.0 points to trade at 230.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011) added 5.29% or 20.2 points to end at 402.3 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was up 4.89% or 220.0 points to 4720.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which lost 5.63% or 86.5 points to trade at 1449.5 in late trade. Teijin Ltd. (T:3401) declined 4.19% or 16.0 points to end at 366.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) shed 3.13% or 17.0 points to 526.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1324 to 578 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.82% to 27.33.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.70% or 0.76 to $45.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.17% or 0.53 to hit $45.90 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.99% or 12.75 to trade at $1281.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.42% to 107.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.53% to 122.81.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 93.81.