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 2.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTT Data Corp. (T:9613), which rose 8.12% or 132.0 points to trade at 1757.0 at the close. Haseko Corp (T:1808) added 5.92% or 78.0 points to end at 1396.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) was up 5.57% or 30.0 points to 569.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 2.02% or 24.0 points to trade at 1167.0 in late trade. West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) declined 0.88% or 57.0 points to end at 6457.0 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) shed 0.87% or 28.0 points to 3175.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2797 to 823 and 144 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 28.30.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.82% or 1.12 to $62.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.83% or 1.18 to hit $65.60 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.53% or 26.45 to trade at $1755.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 106.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 128.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 90.767.