Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Services and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.46% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Meidensha Corp. (T:6508), which rose 6.79% or 104.0 points to trade at 1636.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 6.48% or 21.0 points to end at 345.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) was up 4.61% or 55.0 points to 1248.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703), which lost 8.49% or 118.0 points to trade at 1272.0 in late trade. Sony Corp (T:6758) declined 8.07% or 444.0 points to end at 5055.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) shed 5.26% or 56.0 points to 1009.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2966 to 598 and 133 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.70% to 18.35 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.29% or 0.16 to $55.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.59% or 0.37 to hit $63.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 6.25 to trade at $1315.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.37% to 109.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 125.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.422.