Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Financial Services and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101), which rose 3.15% or 73.0 points to trade at 2393.0 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) added 3.14% or 46.0 points to end at 1510.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 3.14% or 110.0 points to 3615.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tosoh Corp. (T:4042), which lost 2.76% or 70.0 points to trade at 2466.0 in late trade. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) declined 2.69% or 30.0 points to end at 1083.8 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) shed 2.06% or 11.0 points to 522.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1999 to 1295 and 204 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.46% to 15.50.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.37% or 0.19 to $51.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $56.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 8.86 to trade at $1275.94 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.37% to 112.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.23% to 132.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 93.43.