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 rose 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 24.10% or 300.0 points to trade at 1545.0 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) added 7.78% or 42.0 points to end at 582.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 7.02% or 157.0 points to 2395.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konami Corp. (T:9766), which lost 3.93% or 290.0 points to trade at 7090.0 in late trade. Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) declined 3.44% or 95.0 points to end at 2663.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) shed 2.55% or 15.8 points to 604.7.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2666 to 894 and 198 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.01 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.73% or 0.48 to $66.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.71% or 0.49 to hit $69.71 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 4.45 to trade at $1724.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 109.16, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 130.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 91.782.