Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 12.95% or 75.00 points to trade at 654.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Corp. (TYO:8058) added 3.98% or 152.00 points to end at 3,972.00 and Minebea Mitsumi Inc (TYO:6479) was up 3.53% or 77.00 points to 2,256.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086), which lost 5.63% or 66.00 points to trade at 1,107.00 in late trade. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) declined 4.24% or 47.00 points to end at 1,061.00 and Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731) shed 4.17% or 63.00 points to 1,449.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2586 to 977 and 222 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.18% to 24.41.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $108.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.08% or 0.09 to hit $111.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 8.25 to trade at $1,809.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 135.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 141.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.83.