Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103), which rose 7.47% or 18.00 points to trade at 259.00 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:5707) added 4.19% or 102.00 points to end at 2,535.00 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004) was up 3.08% or 27.00 points to 905.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which lost 4.36% or 23.00 points to trade at 505.00 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) declined 2.82% or 19.00 points to end at 654.00 and Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366) shed 1.85% or 8.00 points to 424.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1770 to 1638 and 350 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.91% to 23.18 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.61% or 2.27 to $89.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.17% or 0.16 to hit $95.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.65 to trade at $1,725.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.80% to 141.71, while EUR/JPY rose 1.26% to 141.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 109.53.