Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Fishery and Warehousing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233), which rose 5.22% or 48.0 points to trade at 968.0 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) added 4.70% or 68.0 points to end at 1514.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 4.48% or 10.0 points to 233.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729), which lost 2.53% or 39.0 points to trade at 1500.0 in late trade. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 1.30% or 2.7 points to end at 205.6 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) shed 1.25% or 1.0 points to 79.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1527 to 280 and 83 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.12% to 23.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.06% or 0.42 to $39.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.95% or 0.39 to hit $41.42 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.61% or 7.50 to trade at $1216.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.38% to 113.55, while EUR/JPY rose 0.35% to 126.77.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 96.31.