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

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Lasertec Corp (TYO: 6920 ), which rose 9.98% or 1,380.00 points to trade at 15,210.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SMC Corp (TYO: 6273 ) added 6.82% or 3,750.00 points to end at 58,750.00 and Oriental Land Co Ltd (TYO: 4661 ) was up 5.54% or 172.00 points to 3,277.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7011 ), which fell 5.79% or 144.00 points to trade at 2,345.00 at the close. IHI Corp. (TYO: 7013 ) declined 5.17% or 560.00 points to end at 10,275.00 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4519 ) was down 3.68% or 256.00 points to 6,707.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1824 to 1764 and 282 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.79% to 28.16 a new 3-months high.

Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.12% or 0.08 to $66.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $70.31 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 6.49 to trade at $2,920.59 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 147.76, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 160.18.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 103.79.