Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 8.73% or 191.0 points to trade at 2380.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) added 4.75% or 124.0 points to end at 2735.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) was up 3.52% or 49.0 points to 1441.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098), which fell 2.96% or 101.0 points to trade at 3311.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 2.69% or 160.0 points to end at 5790.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was down 1.94% or 36.0 points to 1819.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2357 to 1067 and 274 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.77.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.33% or 0.73 to $55.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.26% or 0.74 to hit $59.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 5.05 to trade at $1518.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 106.36, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 118.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 98.037.