Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Rubber, Transportation Equipment and Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101), which rose 10.20% or 226.00 points to trade at 2,441.00 at the close. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762) added 4.38% or 35.00 points to end at 835.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) was up 4.35% or 42.00 points to 1,007.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 2.55% or 85.00 points to trade at 3,250.00 in late trade. Konami Corp. (TYO:9766) declined 2.19% or 140.00 points to end at 6,260.00 and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO:4503) shed 2.13% or 41.00 points to 1,886.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2522 to 1063 and 254 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.69% to 15.40.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.74% or 0.57 to $77.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.81% or 0.67 to hit $83.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 3.60 to trade at $1,853.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 134.05, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 143.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.75.