Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.26% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282), which rose 3.22% or 145.0 points to trade at 4645.0 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) added 3.03% or 58.0 points to end at 1972.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) was up 2.85% or 260.0 points to 9390.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 2.30% or 1080.0 points to trade at 45790.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 1.97% or 100.0 points to end at 4980.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) shed 1.63% or 7.5 points to 452.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1789 to 1572 and 186 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.86% to 18.46 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.41% or 0.95 to $66.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.56% or 1.13 to hit $71.45 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1348.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 107.22, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 132.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 89.31.