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 rose 1.27%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6976 ), which rose 6.01% or 120.00 points to trade at 2,116.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6770 ) added 5.96% or 79.00 points to end at 1,405.00 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4519 ) was up 5.03% or 316.00 points to 6,602.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8267 ), which fell 4.03% or 165.00 points to trade at 3,929.00 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO: 6506 ) declined 3.18% or 91.50 points to end at 2,789.50 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO: 8233 ) was down 1.99% or 22.00 points to 1,083.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2818 to 872 and 176 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.10% to 27.84.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.13% or 0.08 to $61.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $64.65 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 1.04 to trade at $3,245.64 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.78% to 142.39, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 162.62.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.87% at 99.02.