Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Shipbuilding and Chemical 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 The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 4.20% or 80.0 points to trade at 1983.0 at the close. Meanwhile, SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 3.91% or 48.0 points to end at 1275.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) was up 3.67% or 97.0 points to 2743.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which fell 3.36% or 96.0 points to trade at 2763.0 at the close. Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) declined 2.04% or 13.0 points to end at 625.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was down 1.98% or 92.0 points to 4555.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2660 to 887 and 179 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.65% to 16.03 a new 6-months low.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.10% or 0.06 to $58.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $67.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1303.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 111.52, while EUR/JPY rose 0.23% to 126.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.922.