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 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 6.57% or 51.0 points to trade at 827.0 at the close. NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 5.82% or 235.0 points to end at 4275.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 5.34% or 21.0 points to 414.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (T:8031), which lost 2.86% or 51.0 points to trade at 1732.5 in late trade. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) declined 2.85% or 76.0 points to end at 2587.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) shed 2.50% or 25.0 points to 977.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3196 to 542 and 71 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 42.81 a new 3-year high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.28% or 1.02 to $45.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.52% or 1.25 to hit $50.92 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.23% or 34.95 to trade at $1601.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 108.33, while EUR/JPY rose 0.82% to 119.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 97.858.