Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Electrical/Machinery, Paper & Pulp and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865), which rose 4.05% or 25.0 points to trade at 643.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 3.15% or 145.0 points to end at 4755.0 and Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) was up 3.15% or 71.0 points to 2323.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282), which lost 5.48% or 235.0 points to trade at 4055.0 in late trade. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) declined 3.91% or 260.0 points to end at 6390.0 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) shed 1.96% or 7.0 points to 350.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2566 to 964 and 199 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.62% to 17.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.40% or 0.23 to $57.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.42% or 0.28 to hit $66.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.75 to trade at $1331.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 110.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 125.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.265.