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 added 1.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which rose 13.74% or 1185.0 points to trade at 9811.0 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) added 11.83% or 276.0 points to end at 2610.0 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) was up 10.20% or 75.0 points to 810.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which lost 4.18% or 145.0 points to trade at 3320.0 in late trade. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 3.69% or 24.0 points to end at 626.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) shed 3.54% or 210.0 points to 5720.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2716 to 867 and 122 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.50.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.86% or 0.36 to $42.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.53% or 0.24 to hit $45.23 a barrel, while the October Gold Futures contract fell 1.46% or 29.60 to trade at $2000.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 106.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 124.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.588.