Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Machinery, Food and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which rose 7.58% or 478.0 points to trade at 6786.0 at the close. Meidensha Corp. (T:6508) added 5.85% or 22.0 points to end at 398.0 and Kubota Corp. (T:6326) was up 4.98% or 90.5 points to 1906.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which lost 5.67% or 63.0 points to trade at 1048.5 in late trade. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) declined 2.75% or 11.0 points to end at 389.5 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) shed 2.18% or 17.0 points to 762.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2601 to 816 and 148 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.99% to 24.34.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $61.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $65.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1322.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 106.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 131.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 89.92.