Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.33% 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 1.33% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which rose 3.48% or 22.00 points to trade at 655.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:) added 3.24% or 68.00 points to end at 2,164.00 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO:) was up 3.14% or 16.00 points to 525.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:), which fell 1.55% or 7.00 points to trade at 445.00 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 1.39% or 117.00 points to end at 8,277.00 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 1.23% or 22.00 points to 1,762.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2906 to 689 and 240 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.02% to 17.37 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.06% or 0.05 to $81.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $87.65 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 6.10 to trade at $1,922.10 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.48% to 130.20, while EUR/JPY rose 0.89% to 141.90.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 101.55.