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 1.39%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which fell 10.61% or 76.9 points to trade at 648.2 at the close. 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) was down 4.55% or 68.0 points to 1425.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2291 to 1246 and 168 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 30.45 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 4.53% or 1.62 to $34.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.85% or 1.46 to hit $36.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.70 to trade at $1882.60 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.