Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Marine Transport, Construction and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Uny Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:8270), which rose 4.58% or 46.0 points to trade at 1050.0 at the close. East Japan Railway Co. (T:9020) added 3.40% or 288.0 points to end at 8764.0 and Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6767) was up 3.32% or 19.0 points to 592.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332), which lost 12.76% or 67.0 points to trade at 458.0 in late trade. Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) declined 2.78% or 41.0 points to end at 1434.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) shed 2.65% or 24.7 points to 906.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1461 to 479 and 117 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.05% to 22.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.81% or 0.89 to $48.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.93% or 0.98 to hit $49.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.68% or 9.15 to trade at $1337.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.54% to 100.75, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 113.67.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 94.86.