Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Shipbuilding and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (TYO:7013), which rose 8.31% or 306.00 points to trade at 3,998.00 at the close. Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) added 4.73% or 152.00 points to end at 3,371.00 and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6504) was up 3.86% or 381.00 points to 10,275.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyu Corp. (TYO:9005), which lost 8.61% or 179.00 points to trade at 1,906.50 in late trade. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201) declined 3.94% or 24.80 points to end at 605.10 and Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007) shed 2.45% or 54.50 points to 2,170.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1868 to 1806 and 214 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.75% to 18.50 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.06% or 0.05 to $81.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.03% or 0.03 to hit $86.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 3.95 to trade at $2,172.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 151.34, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 164.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 103.82.