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 1.11% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 6.36% or 52.0 points to trade at 869.0 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 6.22% or 89.0 points to end at 1521.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was up 5.39% or 71.0 points to 1389.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konami Corp. (T:9766), which lost 1.73% or 75.0 points to trade at 4265.0 in late trade. Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) declined 1.53% or 4.0 points to end at 258.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) shed 1.34% or 90.0 points to 6630.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2672 to 842 and 180 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.33.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.36% or 0.15 to $41.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.30% or 0.13 to hit $43.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 7.75 to trade at $1914.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 105.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 123.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.688.