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 gained 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which rose 4.19% or 54.0 points to trade at 1342.0 at the close. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) added 4.18% or 112.0 points to end at 2793.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 4.16% or 97.0 points to 2426.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panasonic Corp (T:6752), which lost 2.29% or 22.7 points to trade at 967.7 in late trade. Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) declined 2.14% or 70.0 points to end at 3205.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) shed 1.94% or 21.0 points to 1063.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2595 to 970 and 221 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.36% or 0.21 to $57.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $62.60 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.90 to trade at $1465.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 108.83, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 120.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 98.145.