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 added 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the were Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 13.83% or 531.00 points to trade at 4,370.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:) added 4.39% or 431.00 points to end at 10,255.00 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) was up 4.35% or 104.50 points to 2,505.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mercari Inc (TYO:), which fell 4.12% or 86.50 points to trade at 2,011.00 at the close. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.03% or 100.00 points to end at 3,199.00 and Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:) was down 3.00% or 66.00 points to 2,131.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1870 to 1701 and 312 ended unchanged.
Shares in Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.03% or 100.00 to 3,199.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.60% to 23.64.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.69% or 0.49 to $70.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.63% or 0.47 to hit $74.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.63% or 44.70 to trade at $2,692.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 154.26, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 161.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 106.95.
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