Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Gas & Water and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 5.18% or 495.00 points to trade at 10,050.00 at the close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983) added 3.11% or 2,530.00 points to end at 83,890.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) was up 3.09% or 140.00 points to 4,665.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795), which lost 3.16% or 50.00 points to trade at 1,531.00 in late trade. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:6703) declined 3.14% or 23.00 points to end at 709.00 and Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731) shed 3.10% or 40.00 points to 1,250.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2279 to 1259 and 280 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.57% to 19.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.88% or 0.70 to $80.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.81% or 0.69 to hit $86.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 4.60 to trade at $1,814.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.42% to 134.87, while EUR/JPY rose 0.66% to 142.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 104.31.