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 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 4.30% or 113.0 points to trade at 2738.0 at the close. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) added 4.06% or 58.0 points to end at 1485.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was up 3.88% or 108.0 points to 2890.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233), which lost 3.96% or 125.0 points to trade at 3035.0 in late trade. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) declined 2.97% or 18.9 points to end at 618.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) shed 2.51% or 42.0 points to 1632.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1842 to 1740 and 208 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $58.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $64.20 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 7.75 to trade at $1542.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 110.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 122.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.095.