Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.03% 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 gained 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 5.48% or 28.00 points to trade at 539.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) added 5.35% or 132.00 points to end at 2,599.00 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 5.06% or 105.00 points to 2,180.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:), which fell 5.28% or 64.00 points to trade at 1,148.00 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 5.03% or 15.00 points to end at 283.00 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (TYO:) was down 4.47% or 110.00 points to 2,350.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1860 to 1711 and 205 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.19% to 26.33 a new 3-months high.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 3.66% or 2.91 to $82.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 3.58% or 3.05 to hit $88.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.40 to trade at $1,671.60 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 144.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 142.26.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 111.96.