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 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 8.73% or 191.0 points to trade at 2380.0 at the close. Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) added 4.75% or 124.0 points to end at 2735.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) was up 3.52% or 49.0 points to 1441.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098), which lost 2.96% or 101.0 points to trade at 3311.0 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 2.69% or 160.0 points to end at 5790.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) shed 1.94% or 36.0 points to 1819.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2357 to 1067 and 274 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.35% or 0.74 to $55.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.26% or 0.74 to hit $59.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 5.05 to trade at $1518.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 106.34, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 118.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 98.037.