Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Retail and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (TYO:5233), which rose 4.53% or 116.50 points to trade at 2,688.50 at the close. Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) added 4.33% or 53.00 points to end at 1,278.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) was up 4.11% or 202.00 points to 5,111.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 4.01% or 133.00 points to trade at 3,182.00 in late trade. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) declined 3.89% or 20.40 points to end at 504.40 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) shed 2.37% or 73.00 points to 3,003.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2784 to 837 and 217 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.78% to 21.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.50% or 1.05 to $69.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.43% or 1.07 to hit $73.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 3.35 to trade at $1,973.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 139.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 150.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 103.14.