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 2.12% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Honda Motor Co Ltd (T:7267), which rose 9.42% or 244.0 points to trade at 2833.5 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) added 8.12% or 28.0 points to end at 373.0 and Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) was up 6.51% or 184.0 points to 3010.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 23.64% or 2421.0 points to trade at 7819.0 in late trade. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) declined 7.64% or 155.0 points to end at 1875.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) shed 6.44% or 27.0 points to 392.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2288 to 1232 and 195 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.18% or 0.81 to $37.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.10% or 0.83 to hit $40.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 4.65 to trade at $1956.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 103.53, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 123.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.203.