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 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 17.36% or 184.0 points to trade at 1244.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 9.59% or 770.0 points to end at 8800.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 8.76% or 570.0 points to 7080.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Omron Cor (T:6645), which lost 7.00% or 625.0 points to trade at 8305.0 in late trade. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) declined 8.36% or 105.0 points to end at 1151.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) shed 5.26% or 17.0 points to 306.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2901 to 749 and 155 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.06.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.27% or 1.10 to $87.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.21% or 1.07 to hit $89.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.90 to trade at $1785.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 115.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 128.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 97.108.