Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Banking and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 6.39% or 340.00 points to trade at 5,662.00 at the close. Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750) added 6.27% or 254.00 points to end at 4,305.00 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) was up 5.20% or 195.00 points to 3,946.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which lost 6.62% or 189.00 points to trade at 2,666.50 in late trade. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7912) declined 1.49% or 34.00 points to end at 2,251.00 and Oriental Land Co Ltd (TYO:4661) shed 1.41% or 50.00 points to 3,488.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2026 to 1573 and 278 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.31% to 22.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.78% or 0.53 to $68.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.72% or 0.52 to hit $72.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.17% or 31.35 to trade at $2,649.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.43% to 150.40, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 158.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 106.21.