Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Warehousing, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which rose 5.33% or 12.0 points to trade at 237.0 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) added 4.67% or 52.5 points to end at 1176.0 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) was up 4.45% or 267.0 points to 6273.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which lost 7.98% or 34.0 points to trade at 392.0 in late trade. Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) declined 4.90% or 65.0 points to end at 1262.0 and KDDI Corp. (T:9433) shed 3.51% or 116.0 points to 3185.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1533 to 373 and 97 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.09% to 26.69.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.30% or 0.62 to $48.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.84% or 0.41 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.24% or 3.10 to trade at $1277.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 109.28, while EUR/JPY rose 0.32% to 123.82.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 94.39.