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 0.88%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:4578), which rose 5.27% or 357.00 points to trade at 7,135.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) added 4.98% or 367.00 points to end at 7,730.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 4.86% or 385.00 points to 8,314.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were M3 Inc (TYO:2413), which fell 4.20% or 91.50 points to trade at 2,087.50 at the close. Kanadevia Corp (TYO:7004) declined 2.75% or 26.00 points to end at 919.00 and Mercari Inc (TYO:4385) was down 2.37% or 61.50 points to 2,538.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1951 to 1581 and 314 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.17% to 23.56.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.25% or 0.16 to $64.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.30% or 0.20 to hit $66.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.93 to trade at $3,344.67 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.44% to 144.23, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 164.81.The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 98.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 98.88.

Source: Investing.com