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 0.81% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which rose 6.89% or 79.0 points to trade at 1225.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 5.83% or 310.0 points to end at 5630.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 5.22% or 68.0 points to 1370.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which lost 5.74% or 579.0 points to trade at 9506.0 in late trade. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) declined 3.14% or 73.0 points to end at 2249.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) shed 2.74% or 27.7 points to 981.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1876 to 1739 and 176 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.60.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.37% or 0.13 to $35.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.45% or 0.17 to hit $37.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.90 to trade at $1753.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 107.56, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 119.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 97.965.