Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Transportation Equipment and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 4.69% or 18.0 points to trade at 402.0 at the close. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) added 3.90% or 41.0 points to end at 1093.0 and Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (T:5101) was up 3.77% or 72.0 points to 1982.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062), which lost 5.80% or 420.0 points to trade at 6820.0 in late trade. Ebara Corp. (T:6361) declined 5.01% or 320.0 points to end at 6070.0 and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7912) shed 3.89% or 114.0 points to 2814.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1852 to 1699 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.24% to 19.11 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.34% or 1.07 to $78.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.45% or 1.19 to hit $80.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 5.00 to trade at $1863.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 113.86, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 130.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.047.