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 rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which rose 4.23% or 850.0 points to trade at 20925.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) added 3.93% or 140.0 points to end at 3705.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 3.55% or 145.0 points to 4235.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 3.29% or 306.0 points to trade at 8997.0 in late trade. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) declined 2.47% or 120.0 points to end at 4732.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) shed 2.24% or 5.0 points to 218.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1753 to 1698 and 234 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.00 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.23% or 0.09 to $39.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.19% or 0.08 to hit $41.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 6.30 to trade at $1922.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 105.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 124.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.252.