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 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JGC Corp. (T:1963), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 1089.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 2605.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was unchanged 0% or 0 points to 357.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (T:8031), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 3029.0 in late trade. Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 2250.5 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) 0% or 0 points to 562.1.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2944 to 713 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 25.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.68% or 3.32 to $93.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.10% or 1.95 to hit $94.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 12.05 to trade at $1911.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0% to 114.74, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0% to 129.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.