© Reuters. Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.07%
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 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the were Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:), which rose 10.20% or 226.00 points to trade at 2,441.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.38% or 35.00 points to end at 835.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.35% or 42.00 points to 1,007.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 2.55% or 85.00 points to trade at 3,250.00 at the close. Konami Corp. (TYO:) declined 2.19% or 140.00 points to end at 6,260.00 and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO:) was down 2.13% or 41.00 points to 1,886.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2522 to 1063 and 254 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.20% or 226.00 to 2,441.00. Shares in Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.38% or 35.00 to 835.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.69% to 15.40.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.74% or 0.57 to $77.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.81% or 0.67 to hit $83.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 3.65 to trade at $1,853.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 134.07, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 143.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.75.
