Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Steel, Chemical and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sharp Corp (TYO:6753), which rose 6.32% or 58.20 points to trade at 979.10 at the close. Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) added 4.89% or 800.00 points to end at 17,150.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) was up 3.82% or 88.00 points to 2,393.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kao Corp. (TYO:4452), which fell 4.10% or 288.00 points to trade at 6,740.00 in late trade. M3 Inc (TYO:2413) declined 3.66% or 59.00 points to end at 1,551.50 and Oriental Land Co Ltd (TYO:4661) down 3.58% or 164.00 points to 4,412.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 2753 to 880 and 230 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Shares in Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) rose to all time highs; rising 4.89% or 800.00 to 17,150.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.17% to 17.77.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.23% or 0.17 to $75.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.28% or 0.22 to hit $79.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 14.80 to trade at $2,310.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.27% to 157.13, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 168.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.89.