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 0.26% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272), which rose 21.40% or 334.0 points to trade at 1895.0 at the close. ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) added 18.06% or 407.0 points to end at 2660.0 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) was up 15.59% or 125.0 points to 927.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which lost 8.35% or 550.0 points to trade at 6040.0 in late trade. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) declined 7.74% or 208.0 points to end at 2480.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) shed 7.58% or 50.3 points to 613.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1926 to 1653 and 147 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.40.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.12% or 0.05 to $40.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.19% or 0.08 to hit $42.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.61% or 29.80 to trade at $1884.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.27% to 105.08, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 124.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.722.