Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Finance & Investment, Automobiles & Parts and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925), which rose 6.82% or 194.0 points to trade at 3038.0 at the close. Familymart Ltd (T:8028) added 5.70% or 164.0 points to end at 3040.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) was up 3.06% or 130.0 points to 4380.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 4.26% or 250.0 points to trade at 5620.0 in late trade. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253) declined 3.48% or 52.0 points to end at 1444.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 3.07% or 130.0 points to 4105.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1885 to 1578 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.73% to 14.82 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.54% or 1.63 to $65.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.90% or 2.09 to hit $74.06 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.65 to trade at $1279.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 111.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.00% to 125.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 97.030.