Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Machinery, Gas & Water and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which rose 6.73% or 58.10 points to trade at 921.00 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064) added 3.67% or 64.50 points to end at 1,820.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) was up 3.57% or 42.00 points to 1,219.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which fell 4.71% or 415.00 points to trade at 8,400.00 in late trade. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) declined 3.22% or 201.00 points to end at 6,041.00 and SMC Corp (TYO:6273) down 2.91% or 1,900.00 points to 63,290.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 2272 to 1322 and 278 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.10% to 22.92.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.40% or 0.27 to $67.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.35% or 0.25 to hit $71.37 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 5.39 to trade at $2,664.99 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 150.20, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 158.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 105.82.