Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Power and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 6.02% or 1000.0 points to trade at 17610.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) added 4.46% or 185.0 points to end at 4335.0 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) was up 4.24% or 270.0 points to 6640.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which fell 5.74% or 19.0 points to trade at 312.0 at the close. Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) declined 2.93% or 71.0 points to end at 2356.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) was down 2.86% or 119.0 points to 4047.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2540 to 1028 and 164 ended unchanged.
Shares in Keio Corp. (T:9008) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.24% or 270.0 to 6640.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.72% to 21.69.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $51.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $60.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1241.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 113.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 128.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.857.