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 added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631), which rose 7.06% or 225.0 points to trade at 3410.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 4.18% or 195.0 points to end at 4865.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 3.98% or 290.0 points to 7570.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 4.76% or 19.0 points to trade at 380.0 in late trade. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 4.47% or 43.0 points to end at 920.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) shed 3.41% or 21.7 points to 614.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1816 to 1695 and 249 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.53 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.11 to $75.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.35% or 0.28 to hit $78.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 7.85 to trade at $1843.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 114.25, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 128.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.203.