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 gained 1.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 7.39% or 30.0 points to trade at 436.0 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) added 7.34% or 49.0 points to end at 717.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) was up 6.61% or 370.0 points to 5970.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507), which lost 1.38% or 91.0 points to trade at 6514.0 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) declined 1.11% or 64.0 points to end at 5685.0 and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) shed 0.61% or 17.0 points to 2792.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2949 to 623 and 117 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.54 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.74% or 0.30 to $40.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.75% or 0.75 to hit $43.55 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 3.20 to trade at $1786.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 107.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.52% to 121.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 96.840.