Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Glass, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361), which rose 6.70% or 426.00 points to trade at 6,786.00 at the close. Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6178) added 4.89% or 50.50 points to end at 1,084.00 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO:4183) was up 3.76% or 149.00 points to 4,108.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762), which lost 8.62% or 83.00 points to trade at 880.00 in late trade. Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324) declined 7.65% or 348.00 points to end at 4,200.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) shed 3.96% or 48.00 points to 1,164.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1910 to 1729 and 222 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.44% to 19.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.38% or 0.31 to $82.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.28% or 0.24 to hit $85.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 8.90 to trade at $1,935.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 145.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 159.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.03.