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 1.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (T:4272), which rose 10.87% or 123.0 points to trade at 1255.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 10.62% or 600.0 points to end at 6250.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 9.14% or 340.0 points to 4060.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261), which lost 5.69% or 61.0 points to trade at 1011.0 in late trade. West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) declined 3.89% or 230.0 points to end at 5687.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) shed 3.38% or 73.0 points to 2086.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2535 to 1050 and 174 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.93.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.80% or 0.59 to $73.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.84% or 0.63 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 7.30 to trade at $1809.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 109.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 130.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 91.998.