Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate , Banking and Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4063 ), which rose 6.60% or 267.00 points to trade at 4,313.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9009 ) added 4.77% or 68.50 points to end at 1,505.50 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO: 6305 ) was up 4.32% or 176.00 points to 4,252.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nitto Denko Co (TYO: 6988 ), which fell 5.82% or 153.00 points to trade at 2,477.00 at the close. Advantest Corp. (TYO: 6857 ) declined 4.83% or 290.00 points to end at 5,710.00 and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6504 ) was down 4.37% or 276.00 points to 6,046.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2419 to 1230 and 220 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.10% to 27.84.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.25% or 0.16 to $63.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $65.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 6.39 to trade at $3,292.01 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 143.83, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 163.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 99.57.