Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 2.01% By Investing.com

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 2.01%.

The best performers of the session on the were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 14.35% or 986.00 points to trade at 7,855.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO:) added 5.93% or 35.70 points to end at 637.80 and Kikkoman Corp. (TYO:) was up 5.28% or 90.00 points to 1,795.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Olympus Corp. (TYO:), which fell 5.64% or 160.00 points to trade at 2,678.00 at the close. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.51% or 203.00 points to end at 5,587.00 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:) was down 3.49% or 186.00 points to 5,141.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3167 to 527 and 173 ended unchanged.

Shares in Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to all time highs; rising 14.35% or 986.00 to 7,855.00. Shares in Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO:) rose to 3-years highs; rising 5.93% or 35.70 to 637.80.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 27.80.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 4.37% or 3.14 to $68.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 4.07% or 3.08 to hit $72.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.30 to trade at $2,754.30 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.64% to 153.27, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 165.42.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 104.31.