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 rose 2.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which rose 11.95% or 1775.0 points to trade at 16630.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 8.37% or 400.0 points to end at 5180.0 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) was up 7.52% or 187.5 points to 2680.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531), which lost 3.20% or 79.5 points to trade at 2403.5 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) declined 2.58% or 350.0 points to end at 13215.0 and Denso Corp. (T:6902) shed 2.26% or 85.0 points to 3668.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2969 to 670 and 134 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 38.64.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 13.70% or 2.32 to $14.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 5.20% or 1.29 to hit $23.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1735.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 107.15, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 116.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 99.960.