Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Services and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.46% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Meidensha Corp. (T:6508), which rose 6.79% or 104.0 points to trade at 1636.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 6.48% or 21.0 points to end at 345.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) was up 4.61% or 55.0 points to 1248.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703), which fell 8.49% or 118.0 points to trade at 1272.0 at the close. Sony Corp (T:6758) declined 8.07% or 444.0 points to end at 5055.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) was down 5.26% or 56.0 points to 1009.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2966 to 598 and 133 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.70% to 18.35 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.36% or 0.20 to $55.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.62% or 0.39 to hit $63.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.05 to trade at $1316.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.36% to 109.87, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 125.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.417.