Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Fishery and Gas & Water sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861), which rose 4.01% or 26.0 points to trade at 674.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) added 3.65% or 110.0 points to end at 3120.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was up 3.18% or 195.0 points to 6322.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which fell 4.05% or 53.5 points to trade at 1268.0 at the close. Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) declined 3.87% or 42.0 points to end at 1043.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) was down 2.63% or 150.0 points to 5560.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1748 to 1667 and 180 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 30.81% to 27.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.67% or 0.44 to $65.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.44% or 0.31 to hit $69.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.70 to trade at $1346.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 105.06, while EUR/JPY rose 0.57% to 130.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 88.92.