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 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 4.16% or 51.0 points to trade at 1276.0 at the close. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 3.95% or 41.0 points to end at 1079.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) was up 3.05% or 79.0 points to 2665.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which lost 2.92% or 76.0 points to trade at 2529.0 in late trade. Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) declined 2.55% or 55.0 points to end at 2103.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) shed 2.49% or 365.0 points to 14265.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2258 to 1241 and 222 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.55% or 0.29 to $52.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.63% or 0.39 to hit $61.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.95 to trade at $1340.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 108.58, while EUR/JPY fell 0.00% to 121.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 97.062.