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 rose 0.65% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which rose 8.96% or 525.0 points to trade at 6385.0 at the close. Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) added 6.45% or 45.0 points to end at 743.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 4.77% or 96.0 points to 2108.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 7.68% or 104.0 points to trade at 1251.0 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 5.79% or 138.0 points to end at 2246.0 and Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) shed 3.86% or 32.0 points to 796.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2536 to 964 and 194 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.64 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.67% or 0.25 to $37.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.45% or 0.18 to hit $40.01 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 6.35 to trade at $1954.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.17% to 105.96, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 125.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.118.