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 2.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which rose 11.95% or 1775.0 points to trade at 16630.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 8.37% or 400.0 points to end at 5180.0 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) was up 7.52% or 187.5 points to 2680.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531), which fell 3.20% or 79.5 points to trade at 2403.5 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) declined 2.58% or 350.0 points to end at 13215.0 and Denso Corp. (T:6902) was down 2.26% or 85.0 points to 3668.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2969 to 670 and 134 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 38.64.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 13.70% or 2.32 to $14.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 5.20% or 1.29 to hit $23.52 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.40 to trade at $1735.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 107.15, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 116.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 99.960.