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Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:4578), which rose 5.27% or 357.00 points to trade at 7,135.00 at the close. SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) added 4.98% or 367.00 points to end at 7,730.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 4.86% or 385.00 points to 8,314.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M3 Inc (TYO:2413), which lost 4.20% or 91.50 points to trade at 2,087.50 in late trade. Kanadevia Corp (TYO:7004) declined 2.75% or 26.00 points to end at 919.00 and Mercari Inc (TYO:4385) shed 2.37% or 61.50 points to 2,538.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1951 to 1581 and 314 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.17% to 23.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.29% or 0.19 to $64.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.35% or 0.23 to hit $66.24 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 1.29 to trade at $3,345.31 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.43% to 144.24, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 164.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 98.89.