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 3.13% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 9.26% or 157.0 points to trade at 1853.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) added 7.53% or 230.0 points to end at 3285.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) was up 6.96% or 175.0 points to 2689.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shimizu Corp. (T:1803), which lost 2.79% or 23.0 points to trade at 800.0 in late trade. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233) declined 2.71% or 26.0 points to end at 933.0 and Taisei Corp. (T:1801) shed 2.60% or 85.0 points to 3180.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2824 to 818 and 125 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 42.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.49% or 0.11 to $22.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.10% or 0.35 to hit $32.09 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.50 to trade at $1763.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 107.70, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 117.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 99.295.