Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Finance & Investment and Paper & Pulp sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which rose 5.35% or 215.0 points to trade at 4230.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) added 4.86% or 203.0 points to end at 4382.0 and Denso Corp. (T:6902) was up 4.83% or 259.0 points to 5621.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which fell 1.78% or 7.0 points to trade at 386.5 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 1.65% or 5.0 points to end at 298.5 and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) was down 1.33% or 57.0 points to 4243.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2504 to 901 and 161 ended unchanged.
Shares in Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.33% or 57.0 to 4243.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.10% to 16.39.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.24% or 0.16 to $65.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $76.81 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1297.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 109.52, while EUR/JPY rose 0.38% to 128.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 93.88.