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 2.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 21.22% or 80.0 points to trade at 457.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 18.61% or 500.0 points to end at 3187.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was up 16.09% or 150.0 points to 1082.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which lost 10.59% or 98.0 points to trade at 827.0 in late trade. Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) declined 9.43% or 104.0 points to end at 999.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) shed 9.29% or 331.0 points to 3232.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2499 to 1194 and 110 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 56.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $22.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 4.11% or 1.11 to hit $25.87 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 5.10 to trade at $1489.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.54% to 110.20, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 118.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 103.150.