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 2.61% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyota Tsusho Corp. (T:8015), which rose 7.10% or 350.0 points to trade at 5280.0 at the close. Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914) added 6.40% or 143.0 points to end at 2378.5 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 6.00% or 560.0 points to 9890.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604), which lost 6.31% or 34.7 points to trade at 515.3 in late trade. NEC Corp. (T:6701) declined 2.41% or 140.0 points to end at 5680.0 and Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) shed 1.53% or 31.0 points to 1995.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2722 to 847 and 167 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.59% or 0.49 to $83.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.38% or 0.32 to hit $83.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.85 to trade at $1785.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 114.36, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 132.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.240.