Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 2.33% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:5802), which rose 11.41% or 184.50 points to trade at 1,801.50 at the close. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (TYO:6479) added 9.82% or 246.00 points to end at 2,750.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 8.15% or 322.00 points to 4,271.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 11.38% or 611.00 points to trade at 4,760.00 in late trade. Nissui Corp (TYO:1332) declined 7.66% or 56.50 points to end at 681.50 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) shed 5.00% or 189.00 points to 3,594.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2810 to 868 and 197 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.44% to 20.01 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.58% or 0.47 to $80.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.48% or 0.41 to hit $85.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 8.00 to trade at $1,991.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 149.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 160.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.85.