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 gained 1.83% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101), which rose 9.96% or 890.0 points to trade at 9830.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 9.60% or 510.0 points to end at 5820.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 6.27% or 530.0 points to 8980.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (T:9503), which lost 2.72% or 30.0 points to trade at 1073.5 in late trade. Chiba Bank Ltd (T:8331) declined 2.27% or 16.0 points to end at 689.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) shed 1.23% or 31.0 points to 2485.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2446 to 1081 and 252 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.29.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.18% or 0.82 to $68.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.16% or 0.84 to hit $71.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 5.65 to trade at $1828.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 109.90, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 130.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 92.248.