Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Transport and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which rose 5.31% or 270.0 points to trade at 5350.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) added 5.31% or 87.0 points to end at 1724.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 5.03% or 165.0 points to 3445.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713), which lost 2.86% or 54.0 points to trade at 1832.5 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 0.74% or 1.0 points to end at 135.0 and DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) shed 0.74% or 6.0 points to 803.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2701 to 554 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.68% to 19.22 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.61% or 0.29 to $47.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.46% or 0.25 to hit $53.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.52 to trade at $1342.68 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.63% to 108.50, while EUR/JPY rose 0.49% to 130.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 91.45.