Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Marine Transport, Banking and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.22% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which rose 12.99% or 226.0 points to trade at 1966.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 5.35% or 145.0 points to end at 2856.0 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) was up 5.17% or 40.0 points to 813.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which lost 2.94% or 44.0 points to trade at 1455.0 in late trade. Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) declined 2.55% or 240.0 points to end at 9170.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) shed 2.39% or 68.5 points to 2802.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2344 to 1184 and 245 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.24% to 20.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.65% or 0.45 to $70.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.55% or 0.40 to hit $73.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.55 to trade at $1791.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 110.10, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 129.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 92.843.