Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Gas & Water and Chemical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.19% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064), which rose 6.47% or 137.00 points to trade at 2,255.00 at the close. Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4063) added 5.08% or 930.00 points to end at 19,235.00 and Fanuc Corp. (TYO:6954) was up 3.58% or 800.00 points to 23,165.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324), which lost 2.91% or 125.00 points to trade at 4,170.00 in late trade. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:6305) declined 2.55% or 80.00 points to end at 3,055.00 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) shed 2.38% or 12.00 points to 492.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1815 to 1762 and 249 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.68% to 17.00 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.68% or 0.54 to $79.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.66% or 0.57 to hit $85.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.50 to trade at $1,927.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 129.57, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 140.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.79.