Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Marine Transport, Rubber and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitto Denko Co (TYO:6988), which rose 5.20% or 585.00 points to trade at 11,840.00 at the close. Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) added 4.35% or 74.00 points to end at 1,777.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was up 4.11% or 81.50 points to 2,066.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which lost 4.38% or 30.00 points to trade at 654.70 in late trade. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:6305) declined 3.59% or 147.00 points to end at 3,950.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) shed 2.10% or 29.00 points to 1,354.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2694 to 1007 and 196 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.60% to 19.64.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.38% or 0.30 to $78.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.39% or 0.32 to hit $83.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 9.35 to trade at $2,045.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 147.93, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 160.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.31.