Japanese stocks rise at close; Nikkei 225 up 1.81%
Japanese stocks rose after the close on Monday (3/3), as gains in the Mining, Gas & Water and Insurance sectors boosted shares.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was up 1.81%.
The best performers on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (TYO:7013), which rose 7.75% or 677.00 points to trade at 9,408.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) rose 6.93% or 610.00 points to close at 9,410.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) gained 6.74% or 134.00 points to 2,121.00 at the close.
The worst performers on the session were DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432), which fell 7.85% or 313.00 points to close at 3,672.00. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) dropped 3.65% or 27.00 points to close at 713.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) dropped 1.66% or 41.00 points to 2,434.00.
Gainers outnumbered decliners on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,872 to 790 and 207 ended unchanged.
Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 19.15% to 27.32 a fresh 3-month high.
Crude oil for April delivery rose 0.10% or 0.07 to settle at $69.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery rose 0.07% or 0.05 to settle at $72.86 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 26.11 to trade at $2,874.61 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY fell 0.20% to 150.42, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 156.54.
The U.S. Dollar Index Futures fell 0.29% to 107.25.
Source: Investing.com
