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 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JGC Corp. (T:1963), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 1089.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 2605.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was unchanged 0% or 0 points to 357.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (T:8031), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 3029.0 at the close. Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 2250.5 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) was 0% or 0 points to 562.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2944 to 713 and 144 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.56.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.68% or 3.32 to $93.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.10% or 1.95 to hit $94.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 12.05 to trade at $1911.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0% to 114.74, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0% to 129.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.