Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.37%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Marine Transport , Shipbuilding and Power sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.37%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T: 7211 ), which rose 5.95% or 29.0 points to trade at 516.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T: 6366 ) added 3.87% or 11.0 points to end at 295.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T: 4751 ) was up 3.47% or 155.0 points to 4620.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T: 3103 ), which lost 3.25% or 12.0 points to trade at 357.0 in late trade. Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T: 5703 ) declined 2.93% or 7.0 points to end at 232.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T: 1333 ) shed 2.69% or 95.0 points to 3435.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1807 to 1653 and 240 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.76% to 18.56.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.43% or 0.25 to $58.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1282.35 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 109.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 122.34.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 97.688.