Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Paper & Pulp and Gas & Water sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Ltd (T:6501), which rose 5.61% or 177.0 points to trade at 3331.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 4.20% or 71.5 points to end at 1774.5 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was up 3.78% or 25.0 points to 686.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which fell 3.07% or 42.0 points to trade at 1328.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 2.76% or 8.0 points to end at 282.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was down 1.90% or 95.0 points to 4900.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2149 to 1348 and 213 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.33% to 19.81 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.23% or 0.69 to $56.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.19% or 0.78 to hit $66.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.65 to trade at $1296.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 111.25, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 125.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.275.