Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Rubber and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.81% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NSK Ltd. (TYO:6471), which rose 13.53% or 105.00 points to trade at 881.00 at the close. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8303) added 8.55% or 221.00 points to end at 2,806.00 and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (TYO:5901) was up 7.90% or 158.00 points to 2,158.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which lost 9.05% or 64.00 points to trade at 643.00 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) declined 6.77% or 165.00 points to end at 2,273.00 and Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6302) shed 5.12% or 165.00 points to 3,060.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2065 to 1602 and 193 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.02% to 15.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $70.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $74.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 3.35 to trade at $2,023.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 135.95, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 147.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 102.37.