Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Warehousing and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901), which rose 7.69% or 303.0 points to trade at 4245.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 5.27% or 15.0 points to end at 299.5 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 5.16% or 141.0 points to 2876.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (T:1963), which lost 2.30% or 41.0 points to trade at 1738.0 in late trade. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) declined 1.91% or 22.0 points to end at 1127.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) shed 1.81% or 110.0 points to 5980.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2457 to 790 and 221 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 14.33% to 18.59 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $47.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $50.76 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 9.79 to trade at $1280.61 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.67% to 110.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.47% to 129.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.56.