Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Precision Instruments and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which rose 6.49% or 265.0 points to trade at 4350.0 at the close. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) added 3.41% or 61.0 points to end at 1850.0 and Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:6302) was up 3.35% or 26.0 points to 802.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (T:1963), which lost 1.95% or 36.0 points to trade at 1813.0 in late trade. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) declined 1.77% or 95.0 points to end at 5258.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) shed 1.72% or 4.4 points to 250.8.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2284 to 880 and 292 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 10.88% to 14.42.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.54% or 0.24 to $44.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.62% or 0.29 to hit $46.59 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.37 to trade at $1210.83 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 114.30, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 130.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.86.