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 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 2.84% or 200.0 points to trade at 7244.0 at the close. Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) added 2.77% or 62.0 points to end at 2302.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 2.76% or 12.0 points to 446.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202), which lost 6.82% or 51.0 points to trade at 697.0 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 3.56% or 34.0 points to end at 922.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) shed 3.21% or 58.0 points to 1747.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2405 to 1184 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 13.52.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.35% or 0.21 to $60.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $66.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 7.60 to trade at $1488.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 109.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.00% to 121.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.240.