Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 7.19% or 257.0 points to trade at 3831.0 at the close. JGC Corp. (T:1963) added 6.37% or 107.0 points to end at 1788.0 and NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) was up 4.47% or 240.0 points to 5610.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715), which lost 3.73% or 6.0 points to trade at 155.0 in late trade. Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) declined 3.70% or 16.0 points to end at 417.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) shed 3.45% or 18.0 points to 504.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2192 to 823 and 273 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.32% to 23.67.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.61% or 0.71 to $44.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.51% or 0.69 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.13% or 14.80 to trade at $1289.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 1.30% to 104.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.64% to 115.57.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.69% at 97.61.