Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which rose 5.41% or 39.00 points to trade at 760.00 at the close. Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) added 3.59% or 291.00 points to end at 8,386.00 and Nitto Denko Co (TYO:6988) was up 3.51% or 415.00 points to 12,255.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which lost 3.95% or 18.00 points to trade at 438.00 in late trade. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202) declined 3.32% or 69.00 points to end at 2,011.50 and Fanuc Corp. (TYO:6954) shed 2.54% or 109.00 points to 4,176.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2139 to 1491 and 250 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.87% to 19.81.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.65% or 0.50 to $77.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.55% or 0.45 to hit $82.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 9.00 to trade at $2,053.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 147.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 159.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 103.32.