Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Finance & Investment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mercari Inc (TYO:4385), which rose 11.73% or 215.00 points to trade at 2,048.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) added 7.54% or 23.00 points to end at 328.00 and M3 Inc (TYO:2413) was up 6.63% or 101.00 points to 1,625.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which fell 4.59% or 148.00 points to trade at 3,076.00 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) declined 4.42% or 187.00 points to end at 4,046.00 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) was down 3.26% or 54.00 points to 1,603.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2309 to 1311 and 243 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.43% to 16.84.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.39% or 0.30 to $76.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.44% or 0.36 to hit $80.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 10.10 to trade at $2,335.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 157.27, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 170.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 104.59.