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 rose 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 4.97% or 340.0 points to trade at 7180.0 at the close. NTN Corp. (T:6472) added 2.64% or 6.0 points to end at 233.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) was up 2.59% or 1760.0 points to 69760.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098), which lost 3.66% or 253.0 points to trade at 6658.0 in late trade. GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) declined 2.92% or 73.0 points to end at 2428.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) shed 2.73% or 19.5 points to 695.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2055 to 1475 and 260 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.76.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.05% or 0.75 to $72.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.09% or 0.82 to hit $75.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.60 to trade at $1786.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 113.56, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 128.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.250.