TOKYO: Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Retail and Rubber sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.39%. The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shimizu Corp. (T:1803), which rose 3.71% or 37.0 points to trade at 1035.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) added 3.37% or 67.0 points to end at 2056.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 3.20% or 16.5 points to 531.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which fell 5.30% or 12.8 points to trade at 228.9 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 4.03% or 22.0 points to end at 524.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) was down 2.90% or 11.0 points to 368.5. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1553 to 1517 and 292 ended unchanged. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.40% to 18.55. Crude oil for May delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $50.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $53.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1247.80 a troy ounce. USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 111.37, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 118.82. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.36.
