Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mercari Inc (TYO:4385), which rose 11.73% or 215.00 points to trade at 2,048.00 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) added 7.54% or 23.00 points to end at 328.00 and M3 Inc (TYO:2413) was up 6.63% or 101.00 points to 1,625.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which lost 4.59% or 148.00 points to trade at 3,076.00 in late trade. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) declined 4.42% or 187.00 points to end at 4,046.00 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) shed 3.26% or 54.00 points to 1,603.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2309 to 1311 and 243 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.43% to 16.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.40% or 0.31 to $76.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.44% or 0.36 to hit $80.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 9.70 to trade at $2,336.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 157.26, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 170.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 104.59.