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 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which rose 6.80% or 45.0 points to trade at 707.0 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) added 6.38% or 18.0 points to end at 300.0 and Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022) was up 6.22% or 915.0 points to 15615.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which lost 1.60% or 440.0 points to trade at 27125.0 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) declined 1.42% or 90.0 points to end at 6250.0 and KDDI Corp. (T:9433) shed 0.82% or 22.0 points to 2655.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2996 to 574 and 139 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.96 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.75% or 0.65 to $37.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.58% or 0.62 to hit $39.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 14.00 to trade at $1893.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 105.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 123.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.858.