Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.71% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7272), which rose 6.26% or 86.50 points to trade at 1,468.50 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) added 5.03% or 685.00 points to end at 14,310.00 and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911) was up 4.23% or 174.00 points to 4,287.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which lost 1.21% or 75.00 points to trade at 6,149.00 in late trade. Takara Holdings Inc. (TYO:2531) declined 1.11% or 14.00 points to end at 1,242.50 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (TYO:2502) shed 1.03% or 57.00 points to 5,500.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3184 to 525 and 186 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.08% to 20.67.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.44% or 0.32 to $72.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.47% or 0.37 to hit $78.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 3.75 to trade at $2,025.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 148.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 161.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.94.