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 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which rose 6.22% or 44.0 points to trade at 751.0 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 5.29% or 77.0 points to end at 1532.0 and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) was up 4.23% or 47.0 points to 1157.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367), which lost 2.79% or 535.0 points to trade at 18675.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (T:8830) declined 2.63% or 83.0 points to end at 3076.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) shed 2.45% or 55.0 points to 2188.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2059 to 1415 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.54.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.23% or 0.09 to $39.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.27% or 0.11 to hit $41.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 4.50 to trade at $1915.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 105.67, while EUR/JPY rose 0.00% to 124.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.457.