Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Retail, Mining and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.98% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 9.60% or 624.00 points to trade at 7,121.00 at the close. SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO:9412) added 6.44% or 46.00 points to end at 760.00 and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (TYO:8601) was up 5.94% or 60.00 points to 1,069.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751), which lost 2.46% or 22.50 points to trade at 892.30 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) declined 2.20% or 93.00 points to end at 4,128.00 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205) shed 1.79% or 9.10 points to 498.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2640 to 1052 and 199 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.26% to 22.40 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $72.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $78.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 8.35 to trade at $2,059.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 145.24, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 159.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 102.12.