Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Gas & Water and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 6.61% or 68.0 points to trade at 1096.0 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 5.95% or 169.0 points to end at 3010.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) was up 5.08% or 260.0 points to 5375.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which lost 3.22% or 90.0 points to trade at 2706.5 in late trade. Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) declined 3.13% or 100.0 points to end at 3100.0 and Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) shed 1.47% or 70.0 points to 4685.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1873 to 1464 and 233 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.16% to 20.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.22% or 0.14 to $63.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $67.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1334.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 106.93, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 131.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 89.67.