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 rose 0.74% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012), which rose 5.06% or 109.0 points to trade at 2263.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011) added 4.96% or 144.0 points to end at 3046.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) was up 4.85% or 42.0 points to 908.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JTEKT Corp. (T:6473), which lost 2.90% or 24.0 points to trade at 804.0 in late trade. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) declined 2.77% or 52.0 points to end at 1824.0 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) shed 2.70% or 22.0 points to 794.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2293 to 1281 and 193 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.19% or 0.09 to $48.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.29% or 0.15 to hit $51.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 6.80 to trade at $1890.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 103.48, while EUR/JPY rose 0.23% to 126.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 90.032.