Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Retail, Glass and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861), which rose 5.16% or 37.0 points to trade at 754.0 at the close. Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) added 4.64% or 37.0 points to end at 835.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) was up 4.64% or 112.0 points to 2526.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which lost 3.17% or 37.0 points to trade at 1131.0 in late trade. Kajima Corp. (T:1812) declined 2.68% or 31.0 points to end at 1125.0 and Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) shed 2.44% or 30.0 points to 1202.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1982 to 1396 and 196 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.04% to 14.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.63% or 0.36 to $57.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.73% or 0.46 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1259.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 112.69, while EUR/JPY rose 0.23% to 132.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.36.