Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which rose 4.19% or 54.0 points to trade at 1342.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) added 4.18% or 112.0 points to end at 2793.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 4.16% or 97.0 points to 2426.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Panasonic Corp (T:6752), which fell 2.29% or 22.7 points to trade at 967.7 at the close. Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) declined 2.14% or 70.0 points to end at 3205.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) was down 1.94% or 21.0 points to 1063.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2595 to 970 and 221 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.18.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.36% or 0.21 to $57.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $62.60 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.90 to trade at $1465.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 108.83, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 120.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 98.145.