Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Power and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 6.02% or 1000.0 points to trade at 17610.0 at the close. Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) added 4.46% or 185.0 points to end at 4335.0 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) was up 4.24% or 270.0 points to 6640.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 5.74% or 19.0 points to trade at 312.0 in late trade. Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) declined 2.93% or 71.0 points to end at 2356.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) shed 2.86% or 119.0 points to 4047.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2540 to 1028 and 164 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.72% to 21.69.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $51.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $60.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1241.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 113.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 128.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.863.