Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Precision Instruments sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which rose 5.89% or 250.0 points to trade at 4495.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) added 5.16% or 77.0 points to end at 1569.0 and Softbank Corp. (T:9984) was up 5.09% or 448.0 points to 9250.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (T:8355), which fell 6.77% or 72.0 points to trade at 992.0 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) declined 5.51% or 29.0 points to end at 497.0 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) was down 4.01% or 106.0 points to 2538.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2203 to 1311 and 173 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.01% or 106.0 to 2538.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.30% to 22.60.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.04% or 0.59 to $57.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.55% or 0.37 to hit $67.13 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1221.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 112.79, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 128.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.22.