Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Communication and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.37% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which rose 5.42% or 134.0 points to trade at 2606.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 4.99% or 245.0 points to end at 5150.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 4.86% or 67.0 points to 1446.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925), which lost 3.80% or 124.0 points to trade at 3142.0 in late trade. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) declined 2.32% or 115.0 points to end at 4834.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 1.47% or 16.0 points to 1073.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2820 to 722 and 195 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.31% to 15.24 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.53% or 0.34 to $63.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $71.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.45 to trade at $1289.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 111.94, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 126.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.453.