Investing.com – 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.