Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.50%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp , Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.50%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denso Corp. (T: 6902 ), which rose 4.16% or 167.0 points to trade at 4177.0 at the close. GS Yuasa Corp. (T: 6674 ) added 3.91% or 72.0 points to end at 1915.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T: 2432 ) was up 3.81% or 52.0 points to 1417.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T: 9064 ), which lost 2.14% or 51.0 points to trade at 2335.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T: 9107 ) declined 2.11% or 24.0 points to end at 1116.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T: 3382 ) shed 1.65% or 61.0 points to 3647.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2084 to 1363 and 212 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 30.49.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.34% or 0.14 to $40.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.46% or 0.20 to hit $43.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1765.95 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 107.17, while EUR/JPY rose 0.57% to 120.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.838.