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 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Marubeni Corp. (T:8002), which rose 9.48% or 55.4 points to trade at 639.6 at the close. Sumitomo Corp. (T:8053) added 9.09% or 114.5 points to end at 1374.5 and Mitsubishi Corp. (T:8058) was up 7.72% or 180.0 points to 2512.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (T:9432), which lost 5.12% or 130.0 points to trade at 2411.5 in late trade. KDDI Corp. (T:9433) declined 4.74% or 153.0 points to end at 3078.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) shed 3.63% or 7.0 points to 186.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2806 to 728 and 163 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.93.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.77% or 0.33 to $43.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.20% or 0.55 to hit $46.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 7.65 to trade at $1967.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.43% to 105.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.42% to 125.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 92.398.