Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Machinery, Steel and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062), which rose 4.22% or 320.0 points to trade at 7900.0 at the close. Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) added 3.53% or 30.0 points to end at 880.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was up 3.33% or 180.0 points to 5580.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which lost 2.72% or 32.0 points to trade at 1143.5 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 2.44% or 24.4 points to end at 977.1 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) shed 2.36% or 160.0 points to 6610.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2118 to 1265 and 200 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.15% to 14.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.26% or 0.17 to $64.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $69.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 8.20 to trade at $1343.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 110.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 135.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.51.