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 gained 0.09% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 8.97% or 27.0 points to trade at 328.0 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) added 5.91% or 327.0 points to end at 5862.0 and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) was up 4.89% or 195.0 points to 4185.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861), which lost 5.20% or 35.0 points to trade at 638.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 4.89% or 111.0 points to end at 2160.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) shed 4.78% or 160.0 points to 3185.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1865 to 1702 and 183 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.84% or 0.44 to $52.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.68% or 0.38 to hit $56.04 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 9.65 to trade at $1860.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 104.14, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 126.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 90.352.