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 1.91% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ebara Corp. (T:6361), which rose 12.30% or 455.0 points to trade at 4155.0 at the close. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) added 12.22% or 252.0 points to end at 2314.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 6.36% or 46.0 points to 769.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 6.62% or 162.0 points to trade at 2284.0 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 6.49% or 77.0 points to end at 1110.0 and Subaru Corp (T:7270) shed 3.36% or 74.0 points to 2126.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2008 to 1552 and 205 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.27.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.15% or 1.28 to $60.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.63% or 1.02 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 6.20 to trade at $1817.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 105.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 127.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.358.