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 gained 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021), which rose 8.80% or 360.0 points to trade at 4450.0 at the close. Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) added 6.82% or 52.0 points to end at 815.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 5.39% or 117.0 points to 2288.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 13.72% or 760.0 points to trade at 4780.0 in late trade. Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (T:6178) declined 9.18% or 76.8 points to end at 760.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 6.66% or 156.0 points to 2185.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2126 to 1475 and 162 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 32.13.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 4.88% or 1.44 to $30.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.57% or 1.16 to hit $33.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 12.60 to trade at $1768.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 107.17, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 115.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.392.