Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Gas & Water and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.84% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801), which rose 7.11% or 250.0 points to trade at 3765.0 at the close. Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) added 4.99% or 250.0 points to end at 5260.0 and Terumo Corp. (T:4543) was up 4.70% or 185.0 points to 4125.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 4.55% or 150.0 points to trade at 3150.0 in late trade. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) declined 4.25% or 25.5 points to end at 574.4 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) shed 4.07% or 31.0 points to 731.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1815 to 1255 and 284 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.68% to 19.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 4.82% or 2.48 to $53.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 4.40% or 2.39 to hit $56.72 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.19% or 2.15 to trade at $1159.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 115.56, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 122.09.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 101.53.