Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Warehousing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which rose 6.68% or 26.00 points to trade at 414.00 at the close. Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:3659) added 5.70% or 133.00 points to end at 2,467.50 and NTT Data Corp. (TYO:9613) was up 5.18% or 116.50 points to 2,371.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735), which lost 4.67% or 785.00 points to trade at 15,990.00 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) declined 3.92% or 215.00 points to end at 5,257.00 and Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723) shed 3.30% or 79.00 points to 2,317.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3013 to 671 and 193 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 13.68% to 24.43 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.17% or 0.96 to $81.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.11% or 0.97 to hit $86.32 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.47% or 35.40 to trade at $2,378.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 154.70, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 164.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 105.90.