Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009), which rose 13.83% or 531.00 points to trade at 4,370.00 at the close. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) added 4.39% or 431.00 points to end at 10,255.00 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) was up 4.35% or 104.50 points to 2,505.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mercari Inc (TYO:4385), which lost 4.12% or 86.50 points to trade at 2,011.00 in late trade. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:2269) declined 3.03% or 100.00 points to end at 3,199.00 and Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:3659) shed 3.00% or 66.00 points to 2,131.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1870 to 1701 and 312 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.60% to 23.64.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.70% or 0.50 to $70.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.64% or 0.48 to hit $74.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.60% or 43.85 to trade at $2,693.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.32% to 154.25, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 161.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 106.96.