Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.68%

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Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Retail, Construction and Food sectors led shares higher.At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.68%.The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sojitz Corp. (T:2768), which rose 7.98% or 17.0 points to trade at 230.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011) added 5.29% or 20.2 points to end at 402.3 and Seven&i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was up 4.89% or 220.0 points to 4720.0 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which fell 5.63% or 86.5 points to trade at 1449.5 at the close. Teijin Ltd. (T:3401) declined 4.19% or 16.0 points to end at 366.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was down 3.13% or 17.0 points to 526.0.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1324 to 578 and 101 ended unchanged.The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.82% to 27.33.Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.70% or 0.76 to $45.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.15% or 0.52 to hit $45.89 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.99% or 12.75 to trade at $1281.25 a troy ounce.USD/JPY was up 0.41% to 107.56, while EUR/JPY rose 0.52% to 122.80.The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 93.82.