Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Communication and Steel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 4.72% or 234.0 points to trade at 5191.0 at the close. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) added 4.03% or 155.0 points to end at 4004.0 and Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (T:8830) was up 3.92% or 158.0 points to 4192.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which lost 5.72% or 205.0 points to trade at 3380.0 in late trade. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) declined 3.76% or 96.0 points to end at 2460.0 and Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) shed 3.27% or 13.0 points to 384.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1995 to 1516 and 212 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.33% to 18.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.35% or 0.85 to $63.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.33% or 0.96 to hit $73.17 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.85 to trade at $1276.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 110.09, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 122.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.803.