Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.36%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking , Fishery and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.36%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T: 4689 ), which rose 15.20% or 70.0 points to trade at 530.5 at the close. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T: 1332 ) added 8.61% or 47.0 points to end at 593.0 and Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T: 5214 ) was up 6.42% or 42.0 points to 696.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Yamaha Corp. (T: 7951 ), which lost 11.19% or 377.0 points to trade at 2993.0 in late trade. Kikkoman Corp. (T: 2801 ) declined 5.60% or 200.0 points to end at 3370.0 and Teijin Ltd. (T: 3401 ) shed 5.27% or 124.0 points to 2228.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1843 to 1145 and 342 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.68% to 20.68.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.45% or 0.24 to $54.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.46% or 0.26 to hit $57.07 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 4.75 to trade at $1225.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 112.67, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 121.34.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 99.78.