Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Precision Instruments and Steel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sompo Holdings Inc (TYO:8630), which rose 7.93% or 402.00 points to trade at 5,471.00 at the close. Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8766) added 7.64% or 518.00 points to end at 7,300.00 and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (TYO:8725) was up 6.72% or 252.00 points to 4,000.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tosoh Corp. (TYO:4042), which lost 4.48% or 88.00 points to trade at 1,876.00 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366) declined 3.99% or 18.00 points to end at 433.00 and JGC Corp. (TYO:1963) shed 3.53% or 62.00 points to 1,693.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2699 to 865 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.66% to 23.68.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.86% or 0.95 to $111.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.00% or 1.10 to hit $111.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 11.66 to trade at $1,853.76 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.17% to 127.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 135.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 102.62.