Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Services, Fishery and Trading sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which rose 4.31% or 100.00 points to trade at 2,420.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) added 3.95% or 49.00 points to end at 1,290.00 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) was up 3.89% or 282.00 points to 7,523.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which fell 2.94% or 360.00 points to trade at 11,870.00 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) declined 2.74% or 27.00 points to end at 960.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was down 2.66% or 1,640.00 points to 60,040.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2378 to 1173 and 231 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.23% to 21.27 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.01% or 1.00 to $100.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.03% or 1.07 to hit $105.46 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 6.50 to trade at $1,930.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 122.61, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 135.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 98.61.