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 1.28% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 6.85% or 600.0 points to trade at 9360.0 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) added 5.09% or 256.0 points to end at 5287.0 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) was up 4.54% or 19.6 points to 451.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 4.48% or 69.0 points to trade at 1470.0 in late trade. Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) declined 4.27% or 140.0 points to end at 3140.0 and Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) shed 3.55% or 135.0 points to 3665.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2101 to 1458 and 197 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.39.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.03% or 0.61 to $60.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 3.45 to trade at $1819.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 105.52, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 128.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 90.343.