Japanese stocks rose after the close on Monday (4/14), as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors helped stocks advance.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 was up 1.27%.
The best performers on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976), which rose 6.01% or 120.00 points to close at 2,116.00. Meanwhile, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770) rose 5.96% or 79.00 points to close at 1,405.00 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) gained 1.27%. (TYO:4519) rose 5.03% or 316.00 points to close at 6,602.00 in the last trade.
The worst performers on the session were Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO:8267), which fell 4.03% or 165.00 points to close at 3,929.00 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) fell 3.18% or 91.50 points to close at 2,789.50 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) dropped 1.99% or 22.00 points to close at 1,083.00.
Gainers outnumbered decliners on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,818 to 872 and 176 ended unchanged.
Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, fell 1.10% to 27.84.
Crude oil for May delivery fell 0.13% or 0.08 to settle at $61.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery fell 0.17% or 0.11 to settle at $64.65 a barrel, while June Gold Futures rose 0.03% or 1.04 to trade at $3,245.64 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY fell 0.78% to 142.39, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to settle at 162.62.
The U.S. Dollar Index Futures were down 0.87% at 99.02.(Newsmaker23)
Source: Investing.com
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