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 0.67% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 6.12% or 89.0 points to trade at 1543.0 at the close. Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4005) added 5.71% or 27.0 points to end at 500.0 and Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) was up 5.24% or 60.0 points to 1204.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which lost 3.34% or 18.0 points to trade at 521.0 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 3.18% or 14.0 points to end at 426.0 and Kubota Corp. (T:6326) shed 3.16% or 77.0 points to 2360.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2359 to 1200 and 202 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.61% or 0.32 to $52.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.49% or 0.27 to hit $55.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 5.00 to trade at $1851.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 103.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 126.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.110.