Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Mining and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 10.31% or 27.0 points to trade at 289.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 7.99% or 81.0 points to end at 1095.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 7.24% or 16.0 points to 237.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which lost 4.24% or 23.0 points to trade at 520.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) declined 3.47% or 19.0 points to end at 528.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) shed 0.85% or 23.5 points to 2739.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1808 to 141 and 48 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.04% to 32.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.15% or 0.56 to $49.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.22% or 0.60 to hit $49.77 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.58% or 7.45 to trade at $1287.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.47% to 104.67, while EUR/JPY rose 1.02% to 118.67.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 93.81.