Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toray Industries, Inc. (T:3402), which rose 6.27% or 47.9 points to trade at 811.7 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) added 5.07% or 403.0 points to end at 8358.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 4.50% or 145.0 points to 3365.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308), which lost 1.74% or 8.0 points to trade at 452.9 in late trade. KDDI Corp. (T:9433) declined 1.59% or 44.0 points to end at 2726.0 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) shed 1.43% or 13.0 points to 897.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2774 to 753 and 195 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.77% to 17.16 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.44% or 0.24 to $54.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.30% or 0.19 to hit $63.48 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.09% or 14.65 to trade at $1331.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.44% to 108.66, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 122.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 96.822.