Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Shipbuilding and Glass sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which rose 6.67% or 4.0 points to trade at 64.0 at the close. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) added 6.05% or 17.0 points to end at 298.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 5.90% or 67.0 points to 1202.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which lost 1.11% or 3.0 points to trade at 267.0 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 1.01% or 8.0 points to end at 784.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 0.88% or 1.0 points to 112.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1573 to 309 and 115 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.40% to 26.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.22% or 0.11 to $49.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.42% or 0.21 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.79% or 9.65 to trade at $1207.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.84% to 111.29, while EUR/JPY rose 0.88% to 123.73.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.85.