Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pioneer Corp. (T:6773), which rose 3.85% or 8.0 points to trade at 216.0 at the close. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) added 2.20% or 12.0 points to end at 557.0 and Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) was up 2.09% or 80.0 points to 3905.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 6.11% or 104.0 points to trade at 1598.0 in late trade. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 3.28% or 10.1 points to end at 298.1 and Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) shed 2.52% or 17.0 points to 657.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1943 to 1222 and 303 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.35% to 13.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.09% or 0.47 to $43.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.98% or 0.45 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 10.68 to trade at $1245.72 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 111.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.33% to 124.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.04.