Japanese stocks are up at the close; The Nikkei 225 rose 0.14% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, it was up 0.14 percent to hit a fresh one-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were IHI Corp. (TYO: ), which rose 5.52% or 350.00 points to trade at 6,688.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 5.43% or 175.00 points to end at 3,400.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO: ) was up 4.94% or 208.00 points to 4,415.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO: ), which declined 6.13% or 41.00 points to trade at 628.00 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO: ) declined 6.07% or 448.00 points to end at 6,936.00 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.37% or 57.00 points to 1,635.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2109 to 1517, with 255 ending unchanged.

The shares of IHI Corp. (TYO:) climbed to 5-year highs; up 5.52% or 350.00 to 6,688.00. Shares in Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) rose to all-time highs; gaining 4.94% or 208.00 to 4,415.00.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, fell 6.08% to 21.32, a new one-month low.

Crude oil for October delivery fell 0.60%, or 0.44, to $73.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery fell 0.71%, or 0.55, to $76.38 a barrel, while December gold futures rose 0.22 % or 5.50 to $2,533.10 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY rose 0.08% to 146.27, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 161.76.

US dollar index futures fell 0.03% to 101.59.