Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.36%

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 rose 0.36%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were ANA Holdings Inc (T: 9202 ), which rose 5.78% or 137.0 points to trade at 2506.5 at the close. West Japan Railway Co. (T: 9021 ) added 5.23% or 301.0 points to end at 6052.0 and Central Japan Railway Co. (T: 9022 ) was up 4.67% or 730.0 points to 16360.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T: 4519 ), which lost 2.19% or 95.0 points to trade at 4242.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T: 4568 ) declined 2.15% or 66.0 points to end at 3009.0 and SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T: 9412 ) shed 2.07% or 10.0 points to 474.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1752 to 1744 and 248 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.00.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.11% or 0.69 to $61.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.12% or 0.73 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.35 to trade at $1776.45 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 107.78, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 130.31.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 90.787.