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 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 11.90% or 30.0 points to trade at 282.0 at the close. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) added 11.04% or 198.0 points to end at 1991.0 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011) was up 7.55% or 207.0 points to 2949.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamaha Corp. (T:7951), which lost 4.82% or 310.0 points to trade at 6120.0 in late trade. Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214) declined 3.48% or 83.0 points to end at 2301.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) shed 3.28% or 64.0 points to 1886.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2236 to 1263 and 230 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.88 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.20% or 0.56 to $47.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.18% or 0.59 to hit $50.56 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 7.10 to trade at $1836.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 103.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 126.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 90.630.