Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Electrical/Machinery, Gas & Water and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO:6503), which rose 15.88% or 380.00 points to trade at 2,763.00 at the close. Tokuyama Corp. (TYO:4043) added 11.40% or 333.50 points to end at 3,255.00 and Komatsu Ltd. (TYO:6301) was up 11.52% or 491.00 points to 4,741.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M3 Inc (TYO:2413), which lost 9.91% or 186.00 points to trade at 1,688.00 in late trade. Nitto Denko Co (TYO:6988) declined 8.31% or 1,185.00 points to end at 13,080.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) shed 7.29% or 393.00 points to 4,995.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2774 to 916 and 187 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.98% to 20.82.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.25% or 0.21 to $82.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.23% or 0.20 to hit $87.00 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.14% or 26.95 to trade at $2,330.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.33% to 156.84, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 167.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 105.81.