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 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (T:5101), which rose 8.94% or 161.0 points to trade at 1961.0 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 7.90% or 183.0 points to end at 2500.0 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) was up 7.15% or 372.0 points to 5578.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which lost 4.84% or 114.0 points to trade at 2240.5 in late trade. Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) declined 4.18% or 24.0 points to end at 550.0 and Terumo Corp. (T:4543) shed 4.06% or 181.0 points to 4278.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2576 to 1000 and 176 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.42.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.78% or 0.46 to $59.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.93% or 0.58 to hit $62.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 12.45 to trade at $1789.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.32% to 105.77, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 128.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 90.463.