Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Transportation Equipment and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382), which rose 2.95% or 145.0 points to trade at 5053.0 at the close. Familymart Ltd (T:8028) added 2.78% or 330.0 points to end at 12180.0 and Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) was up 2.74% or 38.0 points to 1425.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928), which lost 6.98% or 140.0 points to trade at 1865.0 in late trade. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) declined 4.54% or 48.0 points to end at 1010.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 2.88% or 65.5 points to 2211.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1907 to 1431 and 231 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.33% to 16.05.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.18% or 0.12 to $65.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $76.37 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.70 to trade at $1300.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.36% to 109.94, while EUR/JPY rose 0.64% to 129.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.50.