Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Precision Instruments and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.28% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519), which rose 6.37% or 360.00 points to trade at 6,008.00 at the close. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) added 4.44% or 175.00 points to end at 4,118.00 and TOTO Ltd. (TYO:5332) was up 4.30% or 168.00 points to 4,078.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:3659), which lost 3.49% or 88.00 points to trade at 2,432.50 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 3.47% or 690.00 points to end at 19,205.00 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (TYO:2502) shed 2.69% or 147.00 points to 5,311.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2168 to 1485 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.82% to 19.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.30% or 0.23 to $76.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.26% or 0.21 to hit $80.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 6.75 to trade at $2,042.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 150.43, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 162.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 103.87.