Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.37% By

– Japan stocks were higher after the close on orbex foreign exchange platformMonday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the rose 0.37%.

The best performers of the session on the were (TYO:), which rose 10.19% or 65.00 points to trade at 703.00 at the close. Meanwhile, (TYO:) added 4.52% or 87.00 points to end at 2,011.50 and (TYO:) was up 2.65% or 40.00 points to 1,547.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were (TYO:), which fell 8.60% or 569.00 points to trade at 6,047.00 at the close. (TYO:) declined 6.54% or 300.00 points to end at 4,290.00 and (TYO:) was down 5.62% or 265.00 points to 4,447.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2378 to 1331 and 196 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 10.19% or 65.00 to 703.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.49% to 16.81.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.54% or 0.40 to $73.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.26% or 0.21 to hit $78.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 13.20 to trade at $2,064.50 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 142.41, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 156.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 101.36.

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