Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Shipbuilding and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.07% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Obayashi Corp. (TYO:1802), which rose 20.59% or 300.00 points to trade at 1,757.00 at the close. Taisei Corp. (TYO:1801) added 8.81% or 412.00 points to end at 5,090.00 and Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812) was up 6.49% or 179.00 points to 2,938.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432), which lost 4.60% or 64.50 points to trade at 1,338.50 in late trade. Takara Holdings Inc. (TYO:2531) declined 3.85% or 48.00 points to end at 1,200.00 and M3 Inc (TYO:2413) shed 3.58% or 77.50 points to 2,087.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2000 to 1671 and 218 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.16% to 20.98.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.55% or 0.43 to $78.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.43% or 0.36 to hit $82.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.75 to trade at $2,124.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 150.54, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 163.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 103.86.