© Reuters. Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.84%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the gained 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nitto Denko Co (TYO:), which rose 5.20% or 585.00 points to trade at 11,840.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:) added 4.35% or 74.00 points to end at 1,777.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:) was up 4.11% or 81.50 points to 2,066.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which fell 4.38% or 30.00 points to trade at 654.70 at the close. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:) declined 3.59% or 147.00 points to end at 3,950.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.10% or 29.00 points to 1,354.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2694 to 1007 and 196 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nitto Denko Co (TYO:) rose to all time highs; rising 5.20% or 585.00 to 11,840.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.60% to 19.64.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.37% or 0.29 to $78.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.37% or 0.31 to hit $83.26 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 9.25 to trade at $2,045.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 147.94, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 160.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.31.
