Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.43% 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 1.43%.

The best performers of the session on the were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 9.64% or 760.00 points to trade at 8,640.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) added 7.55% or 36.00 points to end at 513.00 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:) was up 5.38% or 245.00 points to 4,797.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.97% or 140.00 points to trade at 3,385.00 at the close. KDDI Corp. (TYO:) declined 2.34% or 104.00 points to end at 4,338.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:) was down 2.14% or 100.00 points to 4,575.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2403 to 1120 and 286 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.64% to 23.08.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.54% or 0.58 to $108.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.62% or 0.68 to hit $109.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 9.70 to trade at $1,840.00 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 135.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 142.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 103.63.