Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714), which rose 5.25% or 240.0 points to trade at 4810.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 5.10% or 400.0 points to end at 8240.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) was up 4.92% or 81.0 points to 1728.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 2.04% or 1480.0 points to trade at 71030.0 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) declined 0.98% or 42.0 points to end at 4242.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) shed 0.95% or 19.0 points to 1989.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2855 to 707 and 188 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.46 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.87% or 0.60 to $68.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.32% or 0.23 to hit $71.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 3.85 to trade at $1815.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 109.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 129.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 92.698.