Investing.com - Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 4.96% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506), which rose 19.26% or 612.00 points to trade at 3,790.00 at the close. Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) added 15.40% or 1,314.00 points to end at 9,849.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 14.02% or 2,200.00 points to 17,890.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308), which lost 1.82% or 27.00 points to trade at 1,456.00 in late trade. Yokohama Financial Group Inc (TYO:7186) declined 1.64% or 18.50 points to end at 1,110.50 and Shizuoka Financial Group Inc (TYO:5831) shed 1.40% or 28.50 points to 2,001.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2987 to 683 and 180 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.78% to 24.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.84% or 1.12 to $62.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.77% or 1.14 to hit $65.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.29% or 50.60 to trade at $3,959.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 1.74% to 150.02, while EUR/JPY rose 1.37% to 175.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 97.88.