Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 2.53% 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 gained 2.53%.

The best performers of the session on the were Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which rose 7.34% or 56.50 points to trade at 826.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Nidec Corp (TYO:) added 5.91% or 328.00 points to end at 5,875.00 and Lasertec Corp (TYO:) was up 5.87% or 2,240.00 points to 40,370.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:), which fell 14.30% or 138.20 points to trade at 828.00 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) declined 3.01% or 61.00 points to end at 1,968.50 and Teijin Ltd. (TYO:) was down 1.36% or 19.00 points to 1,374.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2743 to 932 and 213 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.17% to 20.33.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.50% or 0.40 to $80.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.42% or 0.36 to hit $85.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 10.85 to trade at $2,150.65 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 149.13, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 162.38.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 103.08.