Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Rubber and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.82% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which rose 6.01% or 185.0 points to trade at 3265.0 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) added 5.40% or 62.0 points to end at 1211.0 and Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) was up 5.26% or 58.5 points to 1171.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which lost 1.55% or 75.0 points to trade at 4775.0 in late trade. Sojitz Corp. (T:2768) declined 0.95% or 4.0 points to end at 418.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 0.75% or 18.0 points to 2384.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2924 to 637 and 147 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.84% to 18.64.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.02% or 0.57 to $56.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.51% or 0.34 to hit $66.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.35 to trade at $1325.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 110.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 124.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.710.