Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Trading and Fishery sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.97%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 7.04% or 400.0 points to trade at 6080.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) added 4.80% or 215.0 points to end at 4695.0 and Meidensha Corp. (T:6508) was up 4.80% or 19.0 points to 415.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bridgestone Corp. (T:5108), which fell 2.29% or 114.0 points to trade at 4860.0 at the close. Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) declined 0.70% or 35.0 points to end at 4960.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was down 0.49% or 31.0 points to 6357.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3289 to 217 and 57 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.45% to 23.48.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.81% or 0.50 to $62.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $65.20 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.70 to trade at $1350.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 106.53, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 132.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 89.04.