Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Transportation Equipment and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 9.64% or 760.00 points to trade at 8,640.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 7.55% or 36.00 points to end at 513.00 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:4578) was up 5.38% or 245.00 points to 4,797.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232), which lost 3.97% or 140.00 points to trade at 3,385.00 in late trade. KDDI Corp. (TYO:9433) declined 2.34% or 104.00 points to end at 4,338.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) shed 2.14% or 100.00 points to 4,575.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2403 to 1120 and 286 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.64% to 23.08.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.56% or 0.60 to $108.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.62% or 0.68 to hit $109.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 9.85 to trade at $1,840.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 135.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 142.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 103.63.