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 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Panasonic Corp (T:6752), which rose 10.04% or 108.0 points to trade at 1183.5 at the close. Ebara Corp. (T:6361) added 9.41% or 285.0 points to end at 3315.0 and Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) was up 5.81% or 300.0 points to 5460.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which lost 5.88% or 23.0 points to trade at 368.0 in late trade. Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) declined 4.38% or 116.0 points to end at 2532.0 and Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) shed 2.76% or 15.3 points to 540.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2767 to 823 and 179 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.06% or 0.53 to $50.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.59% or 0.32 to hit $54.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 4.05 to trade at $1578.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 108.86, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 120.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.755.