Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.01% By Investing.com

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 added 0.01%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 5.66% or 152.0 points to trade at 2839.0 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) added 3.32% or 98.0 points to end at 3050.0 and Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) was up 2.98% or 57.0 points to 1970.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which lost 4.13% or 331.0 points to trade at 7675.0 in late trade. ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) declined 3.64% or 89.5 points to end at 2370.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) shed 3.38% or 160.0 points to 4575.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1816 to 1691 and 231 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.57.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.14% or 0.09 to $63.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $66.62 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.30 to trade at $1782.50 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 108.42, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 129.98.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.425.