Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Textile and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.70% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367), which rose 6.75% or 1,975.00 points to trade at 31,240.00 at the close. Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) added 5.93% or 1,135.00 points to end at 20,285.00 and Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689) was up 5.25% or 18.20 points to 364.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233), which lost 1.34% or 27.00 points to trade at 1,986.00 in late trade. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) declined 0.76% or 10.50 points to end at 1,368.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) shed 0.75% or 34.00 points to 4,489.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2734 to 924 and 209 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.99% to 19.11 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.55% or 0.39 to $70.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.50% or 0.38 to hit $75.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 6.45 to trade at $1,922.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 144.76, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 157.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 102.86.