Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Shipbuilding and Rubber sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which rose 5.32% or 18.0 points to trade at 356.5 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) added 4.10% or 72.0 points to end at 1827.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) was up 3.48% or 41.0 points to 1219.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KDDI Corp. (T:9433), which lost 2.69% or 80.5 points to trade at 2909.0 in late trade. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 2.30% or 6.0 points to end at 255.2 and Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) shed 2.10% or 110.0 points to 5130.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2331 to 839 and 288 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.55% to 16.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.09% or 0.04 to $44.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.09% or 0.04 to hit $46.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.37 to trade at $1207.33 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 114.21, while EUR/JPY rose 0.28% to 130.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.77.