Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021), which rose 8.80% or 360.0 points to trade at 4450.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) added 6.82% or 52.0 points to end at 815.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 5.39% or 117.0 points to 2288.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which fell 13.72% or 760.0 points to trade at 4780.0 at the close. Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (T:6178) declined 9.18% or 76.8 points to end at 760.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was down 6.66% or 156.0 points to 2185.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2126 to 1475 and 162 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 32.13.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 4.95% or 1.46 to $30.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.63% or 1.18 to hit $33.68 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 12.70 to trade at $1769.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 107.17, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 115.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 100.388.