Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Shipbuilding sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 3.55% or 31.0 points to trade at 904.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) added 3.40% or 29.0 points to end at 882.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was up 3.26% or 138.0 points to 4369.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479), which fell 2.99% or 56.0 points to trade at 1818.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 1.97% or 7.0 points to end at 347.5 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) was down 1.77% or 60.0 points to 3330.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2400 to 832 and 259 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.55% or 31.0 to 904.5.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.81% to 13.66.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.41% or 0.21 to $50.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $56.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.93 to trade at $1295.57 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 112.18, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 133.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 92.15.