Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Paper & Pulp and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Ltd (T:6501), which rose 5.61% or 177.0 points to trade at 3331.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 4.20% or 71.5 points to end at 1774.5 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was up 3.78% or 25.0 points to 686.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 3.07% or 42.0 points to trade at 1328.0 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 2.76% or 8.0 points to end at 282.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) shed 1.90% or 95.0 points to 4900.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2149 to 1348 and 213 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.33% to 19.81 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.96% or 0.54 to $56.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.03% or 0.68 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.65 to trade at $1296.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 111.22, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 125.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 97.268.