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 3.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101), which rose 10.31% or 530.0 points to trade at 5670.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 10.19% or 490.0 points to end at 5300.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 10.16% or 355.0 points to 3850.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which added 0.19% or 10.0 points to trade at 5340.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 0.65% or 17.0 points to end at 2632.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) gained 0.80% or 10.0 points to 1257.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3281 to 337 and 128 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.40.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.29% or 0.21 to $72.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $74.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.80 to trade at $1781.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 110.42, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 131.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 91.968.