Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721), which rose 4.91% or 137.0 points to trade at 2929.0 at the close. Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) added 3.53% or 170.0 points to end at 4985.0 and Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) was up 2.87% or 130.0 points to 4665.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which lost 2.95% or 150.0 points to trade at 4940.0 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 2.86% or 24.4 points to end at 828.7 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) shed 2.80% or 130.0 points to 4520.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1838 to 1495 and 224 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.69% to 22.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.34% or 0.21 to $62.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.42% or 0.28 to hit $67.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1332.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 107.13, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 131.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 89.85.