Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Gas & Water and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.66% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101), which rose 7.31% or 14.0 points to trade at 205.5 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 6.57% or 16.0 points to end at 259.5 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) was up 5.82% or 73.0 points to 1327.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konami Corp. (T:9766), which lost 2.83% or 105.0 points to trade at 3610.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 2.80% or 25.0 points to end at 867.0 and Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) shed 2.76% or 13.7 points to 482.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1146 to 729 and 181 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.66% to 22.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.57% or 0.25 to $44.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $46.86 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.85 to trade at $1329.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.42% to 103.47, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 115.68.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 95.63.