Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Gas & Water and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.81%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (TYO:7013), which rose 7.75% or 677.00 points to trade at 9,408.00 at the close.
Meanwhile, Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) added 6.93% or 610.00 points to end at 9,410.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 6.74% or 134.00 points to 2,121.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432), which fell 7.85% or 313.00 points to trade at 3,672.00 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) declined 3.65% or 27.00 points to end at 713.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) was down 1.66% or 41.00 points to 2,434.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2872 to 790 and 207 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 19.15% to 27.32 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $69.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $72.86 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 26.11 to trade at $2,874.61 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 150.42, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 156.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 107.25.
Source: Investing.com
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