Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Gas & Water and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099), which rose 4.70% or 56.00 points to trade at 1,247.00 at the close. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009) added 3.56% or 135.00 points to end at 3,930.00 and West Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9021) was up 3.37% or 180.00 points to 5,527.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366), which lost 2.38% or 10.00 points to trade at 410.00 in late trade. JGC Corp. (TYO:1963) declined 1.99% or 40.00 points to end at 1,969.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) shed 1.77% or 94.00 points to 5,210.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2403 to 1105 and 289 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.84% to 19.49.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.15% or 0.13 to $86.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $92.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 7.30 to trade at $1,735.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 142.82, while EUR/JPY rose 1.78% to 145.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.04% at 107.60.