Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Pharmaceutical Industry and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which rose 3.57% or 2.0 points to trade at 58.0 at the close. Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) added 2.26% or 32.5 points to end at 1473.0 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) was up 2.24% or 39.0 points to 1778.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795), which lost 4.00% or 48.5 points to trade at 1164.0 in late trade. The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T:8750) declined 3.95% or 58.2 points to end at 1415.3 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 3.24% or 41.5 points to 1241.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 983 to 896 and 180 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.61% to 22.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.58% or 0.73 to $45.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.32% or 0.64 to hit $47.68 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.50% or 6.65 to trade at $1332.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 101.92, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 114.48.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 95.20.