Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Gas & Water and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863), which rose 3.77% or 75.0 points to trade at 2062.0 at the close. Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) added 3.73% or 22.0 points to end at 612.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) was up 2.71% or 140.0 points to 5300.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002), which lost 4.53% or 71.0 points to trade at 1497.0 in late trade. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) declined 4.30% or 30.8 points to end at 686.2 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) shed 4.15% or 41.0 points to 947.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1802 to 1520 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.08% to 15.76.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.53% or 1.04 to $66.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.24% or 0.95 to hit $75.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 7.00 to trade at $1296.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 109.41, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 127.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.05.