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 added 1.73% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952), which rose 12.48% or 205.0 points to trade at 1848.0 at the close. Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) added 9.35% or 46.0 points to end at 538.0 and ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) was up 7.59% or 182.0 points to 2578.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861), which lost 4.19% or 23.0 points to trade at 526.0 in late trade. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) declined 2.82% or 53.5 points to end at 1844.5 and Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) shed 2.77% or 137.0 points to 4808.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3090 to 576 and 139 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 29.80.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.57% or 0.19 to $33.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.06% or 0.02 to hit $35.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 7.25 to trade at $1728.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 107.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 117.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 99.953.