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.
Source: Investing.com
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