Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.62% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261), which rose 7.15% or 78.50 points to trade at 1,176.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004) added 5.81% or 229.00 points to end at 4,173.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) was up 5.00% or 755.00 points to 15,855.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Keyence (TYO:6861), which fell 1.41% or 800.00 points to trade at 55,890.00 at the close. SMC Corp (TYO:6273) declined 1.23% or 550.00 points to end at 44,230.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501) was down 1.13% or 84.00 points to 7,378.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2606 to 972 and 271 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.15% or 78.50 to 1,176.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.89% to 24.32.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.73% or 1.07 to $62.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.69% or 1.11 to hit $66.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 15.08 to trade at $3,638.22 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 147.82, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 173.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.68.
Source: Investing.com
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