Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Finance & Investment and Glass sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 3.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715), which rose 12.20% or 15.0 points to trade at 138.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Panasonic Corp. (T:6752) added 8.46% or 73.0 points to end at 936.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 8.37% or 21.0 points to 272.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412), which fell 0.23% or 1.0 points to trade at 442.0 at the close. Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704) declined 0.14% or 5.0 points to end at 3625.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) was 0.00% or 0.0 points to 269.9.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1968 to 62 and 19 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.88% to 29.50.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.04% or 0.47 to $44.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.88% or 0.41 to hit $46.35 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.41% or 5.55 to trade at $1363.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 1.31% to 101.91, while EUR/JPY rose 1.25% to 112.48.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 96.57.