Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTN Corp. (TYO:6472), which rose 11.68% or 25.00 points to trade at 239.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) added 7.33% or 51.00 points to end at 747.00 and NTT Data Corp. (TYO:9613) was up 6.34% or 120.00 points to 2,014.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:5714), which lost 13.06% or 665.00 points to trade at 4,425.00 in late trade. Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7272) declined 9.11% or 255.00 points to end at 2,545.00 and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4005) shed 8.93% or 51.00 points to 520.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2160 to 1427 and 187 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.32% to 26.75.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.52% or 0.57 to $108.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.80% or 0.89 to hit $110.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.56 to trade at $1,805.64 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 129.24, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 134.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 104.49.