Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Gas & Water and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (TYO:7013), which rose 7.75% or 677.00 points to trade at 9,408.00 at the close. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) added 6.93% or 610.00 points to end at 9,410.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 6.74% or 134.00 points to 2,121.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432), which fell 7.85% or 313.00 points to trade at 3,672.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) declined 3.65% or 27.00 points to end at 713.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) down 1.66% or 41.00 points to 2,434.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 2872 to 790 and 207 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 19.15% to 27.32 a new 3-month high.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.09% or 0.06 to $69.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $72.86 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 26.21 to trade at $2,874.71 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 150.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 156.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 107.25.