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 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 3.69% or 100.0 points to trade at 2812.0 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) added 3.25% or 188.0 points to end at 5977.0 and NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) was up 3.20% or 44.0 points to 1418.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which lost 4.80% or 190.0 points to trade at 3765.0 in late trade. Familymart Ltd (T:8028) declined 2.86% or 77.0 points to end at 2615.0 and SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412) shed 2.78% or 12.0 points to 420.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1800 to 1684 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.00.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.91% or 0.52 to $57.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.24 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 7.55 to trade at $1407.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 107.42, while EUR/JPY rose 0.36% to 122.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.580.