Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Transport, Fishery and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 8.25% or 421.0 points to trade at 5521.0 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 5.18% or 22.0 points to end at 447.0 and JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) was up 5.13% or 26.0 points to 532.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 3.82% or 40.0 points to trade at 1008.0 in late trade. Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) declined 1.61% or 44.0 points to end at 2684.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) shed 1.01% or 45.0 points to 4400.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2657 to 890 and 178 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.18% to 17.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.10% or 0.66 to $60.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.64% or 1.11 to hit $68.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.55 to trade at $1294.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 111.06, while EUR/JPY rose 0.47% to 124.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.618.