Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Precision Instruments and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.61% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186), which rose 5.23% or 33.0 points to trade at 664.0 at the close. Konami Corp. (T:9766) added 3.79% or 230.0 points to end at 6300.0 and Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) was up 3.71% or 84.0 points to 2350.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Obayashi Corp. (T:1802), which lost 7.19% or 107.0 points to trade at 1381.0 in late trade. Kajima Corp. (T:1812) declined 4.12% or 49.0 points to end at 1139.0 and Taisei Corp. (T:1801) shed 2.74% or 170.0 points to 6045.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2239 to 1054 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.96% to 15.54 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $57.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $63.40 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.10 to trade at $1251.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 113.44, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 133.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 93.78.