Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Banking and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JGC Corp. (TYO:1963), which rose 3.54% or 59.00 points to trade at 1,726.00 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) added 3.23% or 12.00 points to end at 384.00 and NTN Corp. (TYO:6472) was up 3.07% or 8.00 points to 269.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which lost 4.28% or 22.00 points to trade at 492.00 in late trade. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) declined 2.75% or 20.30 points to end at 719.00 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8303) shed 2.63% or 59.00 points to 2,183.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1821 to 1764 and 269 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.27% to 20.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.40% or 1.86 to $79.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $84.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 10.70 to trade at $1,806.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 132.57, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 140.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.04.