Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konami Corp. (T:9766), which rose 6.97% or 470.0 points to trade at 7210.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 5.51% or 170.0 points to end at 3255.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 5.16% or 117.0 points to 2385.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which lost 7.20% or 104.0 points to trade at 1340.0 in late trade. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) declined 5.20% or 39.0 points to end at 711.0 and Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301) shed 4.02% or 131.0 points to 3126.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1935 to 1568 and 232 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.62% or 0.43 to $69.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.68% or 0.49 to hit $71.40 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 6.45 to trade at $1885.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 109.55, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 133.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 90.218.