Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Fishery and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 5.74% or 12.4 points to trade at 228.6 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 4.55% or 82.0 points to end at 1885.0 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) was up 3.62% or 35.0 points to 1001.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which lost 1.69% or 20.0 points to trade at 1160.0 in late trade. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) declined 1.62% or 95.0 points to end at 5774.0 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) shed 1.19% or 36.0 points to 2979.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2129 to 918 and 309 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.91% to 20.25 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.67% or 0.35 to $52.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.42 to hit $55.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1254.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.23% to 111.36, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 117.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.16.