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 added 2.22% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261), which rose 8.76% or 55.0 points to trade at 683.0 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 7.84% or 103.0 points to end at 1416.0 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) was up 6.83% or 57.0 points to 891.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which lost 1.15% or 340.0 points to trade at 29270.0 in late trade. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) declined 0.96% or 84.0 points to end at 8639.0 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) shed 0.70% or 13.0 points to 1846.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2969 to 583 and 105 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.65.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.99% or 0.40 to $40.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.86% or 0.37 to hit $42.87 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 9.00 to trade at $1810.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 106.98, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 121.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.487.