Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.18%

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Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Railway&Bus and Services sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.18%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432), which rose 17.28% or 363.50 points to trade at 2,467.00 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) added 14.80% or 700.00 points to end at 5,431.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) was up 6.41% or 356.00 points to 5,908.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202), which lost 5.29% or 104.00 points to trade at 1,860.50 in late trade. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) declined 5.11% or 359.00 points to end at 6,669.00 and Secom Co., Ltd. (TYO:9735) shed 4.97% or 275.00 points to 5,258.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1892 to 1731 and 240 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.38% to 26.04.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $70.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $73.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 14.50 to trade at $2,680.30 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.49% to 153.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.51% to 164.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.92.

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