Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Retail, Warehousing and Steel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101), which rose 7.45% or 200.00 points to trade at 2,884.00 at the close. Panasonic Corp (TYO:6752) added 3.53% or 44.00 points to end at 1,289.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) was up 3.03% or 100.00 points to 3,395.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770), which lost 3.30% or 41.00 points to trade at 1,202.00 in late trade. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983) declined 2.71% or 890.00 points to end at 31,950.00 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) shed 1.97% or 132.00 points to 6,567.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1794 to 1738 and 301 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.67% to 16.60.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.18% or 0.15 to $82.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $86.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 10.25 to trade at $2,026.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 133.96, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 147.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 101.24.