Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Glass , Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.16%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO: 7211 ), which rose 5.25% or 24.50 points to trade at 491.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (TYO: 6857 ) added 4.54% or 391.00 points to end at 9,000.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO: 7013 ) was up 4.34% or 362.00 points to 8,709.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO: 4503 ), which fell 1.52% or 23.50 points to trade at 1,519.00 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO: 4755 ) declined 1.45% or 13.30 points to end at 906.50 and Bandai Namco Holdings Inc (TYO: 7832 ) was down 1.40% or 53.00 points to 3,720.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2150 to 1485 and 258 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.01% to 23.18.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.45% or 0.31 to $69.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $72.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.56 to trade at $2,644.54 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 156.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 163.43.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 107.56.