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Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.65%

Published 19/10/2021, 06:35 pm
© Reuters.  Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.65%
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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 added 0.65%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 8.57% or 430.0 points to trade at 5450.0 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) added 7.43% or 560.0 points to end at 8100.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 6.37% or 410.0 points to 6850.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012), which lost 6.59% or 182.0 points to trade at 2580.0 in late trade. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 3.86% or 39.0 points to end at 971.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) shed 3.39% or 12.0 points to 342.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1933 to 1550 and 270 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.96.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.59% or 0.48 to $82.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.38% or 0.32 to hit $84.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 14.70 to trade at $1780.40 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.30% to 113.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 132.75.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.627.

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