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 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604), which rose 7.16% or 28.9 points to trade at 432.7 at the close. Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) added 6.95% or 63.0 points to end at 970.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) was up 6.38% or 240.0 points to 4000.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which lost 4.33% or 33.2 points to trade at 732.8 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 4.13% or 31.0 points to end at 720.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) shed 3.73% or 10.0 points to 258.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2515 to 1192 and 105 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 47.71 a new 3-year high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 5.36% or 1.67 to $32.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.95% or 1.70 to hit $36.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 12.70 to trade at $1663.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 1.90% to 104.28, while EUR/JPY rose 1.07% to 118.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.98% at 95.797.