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 rose 2.13% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which rose 14.71% or 295.0 points to trade at 2300.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 8.62% or 387.5 points to end at 4882.5 and TDK Corp (T:6762) was up 6.95% or 580.0 points to 8920.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which fell 2.11% or 27.0 points to trade at 1253.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 2.08% or 6.0 points to end at 283.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was down 0.28% or 3.0 points to 1073.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3201 to 414 and 138 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.78.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.98% or 1.74 to $60.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.95% or 1.91 to hit $66.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.76% or 24.85 to trade at $1388.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.48% to 108.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 122.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 96.095.