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 2.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which rose 6.60% or 1705.0 points to trade at 27535.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) added 6.47% or 350.0 points to end at 5760.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 5.66% or 175.0 points to 3265.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 2.74% or 100.0 points to trade at 3550.0 in late trade. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) declined 1.54% or 165.0 points to end at 10530.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) shed 1.31% or 70.0 points to 5270.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3020 to 577 and 161 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.75.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.60% or 0.45 to $74.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.65% or 0.49 to hit $75.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 7.80 to trade at $1802.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 110.17, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 130.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.168.