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 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which rose 2.52% or 80.0 points to trade at 3260.0 at the close. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) added 1.86% or 12.0 points to end at 657.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was up 1.64% or 32.0 points to 1980.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 1.74% or 16.0 points to trade at 906.0 in late trade. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) declined 1.68% or 24.0 points to end at 1408.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) shed 1.55% or 32.0 points to 2034.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1720 to 1710 and 282 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.85.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.12% or 0.07 to $60.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.24% or 0.16 to hit $66.55 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.75 to trade at $1493.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 109.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 121.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.330.