Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, it rose 1.16%.
The best performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO: ), which increased 8.23% or 336.00 points to 4,417.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (TYO:) added 4.24% or 156.00 points to end at 3,833.00 and Fanuc Corp. (TYO: ) was up 3.98% or 179.00 points to trade at 4,672.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nintendo Co Ltd (TYO: ), which fell 3.05% or 280.00 points to 8,901.00 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) fell 2.67% or 195.00 points to 7,120.00 and DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:) declined 1.65% or 42.50 points to 2,536.00.
On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, rising stocks outpaced decliners by 2,713 to 931, while 234 ended unchanged.
which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 0.09% to 22.62.
Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.09% or 0.07 to $77.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for March delivery was down 0.16%, or 0.13, at $80.66 a barrel, while February gold futures were up 0.06%, or 1.69, at 2,750 .39 dollars per troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% at 156.25, while EUR/JPY was up 0.24% at 161.09.
US dollar index futures fell 0.26% to 108.92.
