Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Marine Transport, Construction and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Uny Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:8270), which rose 4.58% or 46.0 points to trade at 1050.0 at the close. Meanwhile, East Japan Railway Co. (T:9020) added 3.40% or 288.0 points to end at 8764.0 and Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6767) was up 3.32% or 19.0 points to 592.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332), which fell 12.76% or 67.0 points to trade at 458.0 at the close. Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) declined 2.78% or 41.0 points to end at 1434.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was down 2.65% or 24.7 points to 906.8.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1461 to 479 and 117 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.05% to 22.01.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.81% or 0.89 to $48.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.93% or 0.98 to hit $49.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.67% or 9.05 to trade at $1337.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.55% to 100.76, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 113.67.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 94.86.