Japan shares higher at close of trade Nikkei 225 up 2.25%

Investing.com – Japan equities were being greater at the near on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the near in Tokyo, the additional 2.25%.

The major gainers of the session on the were Fanuc Corp. (T:), which rose 6.60% or 1705. details to trade at 27535. at the near. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:) additional 6.47% or 350. details to close at 5760. and Showa Denko K.K. (T:) was up 5.66% or 175. details to 3265. in late trade.

Greatest losers bundled Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:), which lost 2.74% or 100. factors to trade at 3550. in late trade. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:) declined 1.54% or 165. factors to stop at 10530. and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:) drop 1.31% or 70. points to 5270..

Advancing shares outnumbered falling types by 3020 to 577 and 161 finished unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The , which actions the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged % to 18.75.

In commodities investing, Crude oil for August shipping was down .60% or .45 to $74.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for shipping and delivery in September fell .65% or .49 to hit $75.06 a barrel, whilst the August Gold Futures contract fell .43% or 7.80 to trade at $1802.80 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up .03% to 110.17, while EUR/JPY rose .08% to 130.80.

The US Greenback Index Futures was up .06% at 92.168.