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 2.13% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which rose 14.71% or 295.0 points to trade at 2300.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 8.62% or 387.5 points to end at 4882.5 and TDK Corp (T:6762) was up 6.95% or 580.0 points to 8920.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 2.11% or 27.0 points to trade at 1253.0 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 2.08% or 6.0 points to end at 283.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) shed 0.28% or 3.0 points to 1073.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3201 to 414 and 138 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.96% or 1.73 to $60.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.93% or 1.90 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.76% or 24.85 to trade at $1388.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.48% to 108.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 122.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 96.100.