Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Paper & Pulp and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 10.61% or 49.0 points to trade at 511.0 at the close. Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) added 6.91% or 53.2 points to end at 822.9 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 5.96% or 48.0 points to 853.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 9.03% or 111.5 points to trade at 1123.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 7.34% or 26.0 points to end at 328.0 and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) shed 5.10% or 14.5 points to 270.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1297 to 615 and 144 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.66% to 19.56 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.00% or 0.43 to $42.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.10% or 0.50 to hit $44.89 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.30% or 4.05 to trade at $1337.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 102.40, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 113.42.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.44.