Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 2.33%

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 rose 2.33% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 11.41% or 184.50 points to trade at 1,801.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Minebea Mitsumi Inc (TYO:) added 9.82% or 246.00 points to end at 2,750.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:) was up 8.15% or 322.00 points to 4,271.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 11.38% or 611.00 points to trade at 4,760.00 at the close. Nissui Corp (TYO:) declined 7.66% or 56.50 points to end at 681.50 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) was down 5.00% or 189.00 points to 3,594.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2810 to 868 and 197 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.44% to 20.01 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.58% or 0.47 to $80.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.47% or 0.40 to hit $85.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 7.95 to trade at $1,991.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 149.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 160.59.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.86.