Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Banking and Chemical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which rose 10.19% or 65.00 points to trade at 703.00 at the close. NTT Data Corp. (TYO:9613) added 4.52% or 87.00 points to end at 2,011.50 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) was up 2.65% or 40.00 points to 1,547.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 8.60% or 569.00 points to trade at 6,047.00 in late trade. Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) declined 6.54% or 300.00 points to end at 4,290.00 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) shed 5.62% or 265.00 points to 4,447.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2378 to 1331 and 196 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.49% to 16.81.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.54% or 0.40 to $73.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.26% or 0.21 to hit $78.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 13.20 to trade at $2,064.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 142.43, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 156.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 101.36.