Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 19.70% or 500.00 points to trade at 3,038.00 at the close. Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) added 14.83% or 1,000.00 points to end at 7,742.00 and Taisei Corp. (TYO:1801) was up 7.77% or 434.00 points to 6,021.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:3659), which lost 15.47% or 489.00 points to trade at 2,672.00 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) declined 12.07% or 460.00 points to end at 3,350.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) shed 7.32% or 123.50 points to 1,563.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.87% to 45.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.55% or 0.42 to $77.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.35% or 0.28 to hit $79.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.50 to trade at $2,474.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.41% to 147.21, while EUR/JPY rose 0.45% to 160.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 102.99.