Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Shipbuilding and Chemical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 4.20% or 80.0 points to trade at 1983.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 3.91% or 48.0 points to end at 1275.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) was up 3.67% or 97.0 points to 2743.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 3.36% or 96.0 points to trade at 2763.0 in late trade. Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) declined 2.04% or 13.0 points to end at 625.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) shed 1.98% or 92.0 points to 4555.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2660 to 887 and 179 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.65% to 16.03 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $58.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $67.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1303.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 111.52, while EUR/JPY rose 0.23% to 126.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.922.