Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 2.05%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic and Power sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 2.05%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308), which rose 8.68% or 83.30 points to trade at 1,043.50 at the close. Konami Corp. (TYO:9766) added 8.15% or 1,115.00 points to end at 14,790.00 and Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731) was up 7.91% or 122.50 points to 1,671.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843), which lost 2.35% or 490.00 points to trade at 20,395.00 in late trade. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:2269) declined 1.31% or 48.00 points to end at 3,628.00 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) shed 1.29% or 53.00 points to 4,061.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2354 to 1243 and 262 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.03% to 25.09.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.13% or 0.10 to $74.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.28% or 0.22 to hit $77.83 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 6.85 to trade at $2,660.95 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 148.49, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 162.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 102.29.