Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Shipbuilding and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099), which rose 4.87% or 48.00 points to trade at 1,034.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) added 4.44% or 153.00 points to end at 3,596.00 and Konami Corp. (TYO:9766) was up 4.20% or 300.00 points to 7,440.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506), which lost 5.61% or 255.00 points to trade at 4,290.00 in late trade. Toray Industries, Inc. (TYO:3402) declined 5.12% or 38.30 points to end at 709.30 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) shed 1.38% or 600.00 points to 42,950.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2817 to 752 and 212 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.09% to 22.41.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.89% or 1.98 to $102.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.64% or 1.75 to hit $105.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 6.00 to trade at $1,736.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.54% to 136.82, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 138.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 107.32.