Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Glass, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which rose 5.25% or 24.50 points to trade at 491.10 at the close. Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) added 4.54% or 391.00 points to end at 9,000.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) was up 4.34% or 362.00 points to 8,709.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO:4503), which fell 1.52% or 23.50 points to trade at 1,519.00 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) declined 1.45% or 13.30 points to end at 906.50 and Bandai Namco Holdings Inc (TYO:7832) down 1.40% or 53.00 points to 3,720.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 2150 to 1485 and 258 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.01% to 23.18.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.37% or 0.26 to $69.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.33% or 0.24 to hit $72.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.65 to trade at $2,644.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 156.65, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 163.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 107.57.