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 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802), which rose 6.83% or 122.0 points to trade at 1908.0 at the close. Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) added 4.38% or 169.0 points to end at 4028.0 and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) was up 3.82% or 55.0 points to 1495.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214), which lost 6.44% or 175.0 points to trade at 2542.0 in late trade. Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) declined 5.96% or 13.0 points to end at 205.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) shed 5.68% or 149.5 points to 2481.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2220 to 1236 and 253 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.63% or 0.36 to $57.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.60% or 0.38 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.85 to trade at $1425.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 108.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 121.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.922.