Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.65% By Investing.com

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 added 0.65%.

The best performers of the session on the were JGC Corp. (TYO:), which rose 3.54% or 59.00 points to trade at 1,726.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:) added 3.23% or 12.00 points to end at 384.00 and NTN Corp. (TYO:) was up 3.07% or 8.00 points to 269.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:), which fell 4.28% or 22.00 points to trade at 492.00 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) declined 2.75% or 20.30 points to end at 719.00 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.63% or 59.00 points to 2,183.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1821 to 1764 and 269 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.27% to 20.20.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.40% or 1.86 to $79.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $84.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 10.70 to trade at $1,806.00 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 132.57, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 140.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 104.04.