Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Machinery, Warehousing and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7911), which rose 4.68% or 77.0 points to trade at 1723.0 at the close. Toray Industries, Inc. (T:3402) added 4.33% or 37.4 points to end at 901.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 3.56% or 115.0 points to 3345.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706), which lost 18.00% or 568.0 points to trade at 2587.0 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 11.12% or 291.0 points to end at 2325.0 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) shed 7.07% or 48.0 points to 631.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2024 to 1480 and 201 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.22% to 20.68.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.43% or 0.86 to $61.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.01% or 1.41 to hit $71.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.60 to trade at $1206.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 114.07, while EUR/JPY fell 0.42% to 128.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 97.34.