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 1.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 12.57% or 141.0 points to trade at 1263.0 at the close. ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) added 10.61% or 232.0 points to end at 2418.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) was up 10.14% or 35.0 points to 380.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507), which lost 5.44% or 324.0 points to trade at 5636.0 in late trade. Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) declined 3.85% or 17.0 points to end at 424.1 and Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) shed 3.21% or 125.0 points to 3770.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2972 to 703 and 114 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 30.35 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.70% or 0.42 to $24.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.81% or 0.56 to hit $30.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 4.85 to trade at $1709.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.53% to 107.22, while EUR/JPY rose 0.46% to 116.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.915.