Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transportation Equipment and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183), which rose 7.52% or 35.0 points to trade at 500.5 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 6.00% or 18.6 points to end at 328.4 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) was up 5.61% or 73.5 points to 1384.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (T:8309), which lost 3.10% or 11.0 points to trade at 343.6 in late trade. Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) declined 2.69% or 12.4 points to end at 449.2 and The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) shed 2.62% or 16.0 points to 595.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1597 to 349 and 117 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.21% to 20.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.37% or 0.17 to $45.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.58% or 0.28 to hit $47.65 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.85 to trade at $1338.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.48% to 100.81, while EUR/JPY rose 0.38% to 113.37.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.27.