Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Finance & Investment and Steel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which rose 8.23% or 336.00 points to trade at 4,417.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (TYO:5233) added 4.24% or 156.00 points to end at 3,833.00 and Fanuc Corp. (TYO:6954) was up 3.98% or 179.00 points to 4,672.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nintendo Co Ltd (TYO:7974), which fell 3.05% or 280.00 points to trade at 8,901.00 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) declined 2.67% or 195.00 points to end at 7,120.00 and DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432) was down 1.65% or 42.50 points to 2,536.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2713 to 931 and 234 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.09% to 22.62.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.09% or 0.07 to $77.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $80.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.69 to trade at $2,750.39 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 156.25, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 161.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 108.92.
Source: Investing