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 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062), which rose 10.26% or 600.0 points to trade at 6450.0 at the close. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) added 6.86% or 200.0 points to end at 3115.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) was up 6.85% or 85.0 points to 1325.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which lost 10.61% or 76.9 points to trade at 648.2 in late trade. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) declined 4.72% or 130.0 points to end at 2624.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) shed 4.55% or 68.0 points to 1425.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2291 to 1246 and 168 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 30.45 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 4.44% or 1.59 to $34.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.77% or 1.43 to hit $36.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.80 to trade at $1882.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 104.78, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 121.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.183.