Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.11% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which rose 8.25% or 47.0 points to trade at 617.0 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) added 5.83% or 54.0 points to end at 980.0 and Sumitomo Corp. (T:8053) was up 4.63% or 77.0 points to 1740.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which lost 15.67% or 1130.0 points to trade at 6080.0 in late trade. Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) declined 6.01% or 220.0 points to end at 3440.0 and Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) shed 4.31% or 71.2 points to 1582.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1937 to 1372 and 191 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.08% to 17.17 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.43% or 0.24 to $55.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.71% or 0.44 to hit $62.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.23 to trade at $1269.43 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 114.35, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 132.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 94.88.