Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Steel and Shipbuilding sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which rose 6.47% or 41.00 points to trade at 675.00 at the close. Meanwhile, JGC Corp. (TYO:1963) added 5.85% or 96.00 points to end at 1,737.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was up 5.51% or 77.00 points to 1,474.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which fell 4.28% or 520.00 points to trade at 11,640.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 3.09% or 360.00 points to end at 11,290.00 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4063) was down 2.18% or 93.00 points to 4,182.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2647 to 988 and 214 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.77% to 16.66.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 5.39% or 4.08 to $79.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 5.33% or 4.26 to hit $84.15 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 10.55 to trade at $1,975.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.57% to 133.54, while EUR/JPY rose 0.52% to 144.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 102.43.