Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Machinery, Precision Instruments and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 5.31% or 32.80 points to trade at 650.70 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) added 4.54% or 22.00 points to end at 507.00 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) was up 3.54% or 26.00 points to 761.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361), which lost 1.42% or 103.00 points to trade at 7,155.00 in late trade. Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) declined 1.18% or 215.00 points to end at 18,020.00 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) shed 1.15% or 17.50 points to 1,502.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2513 to 1098 and 247 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.60% to 18.39.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.21% or 0.17 to $80.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.23% or 0.19 to hit $84.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 4.95 to trade at $1,951.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 146.40, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 158.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 103.88.