Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Glass and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 3.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were TDK Corp. (T:6762), which rose 8.24% or 490.0 points to trade at 6440.0 at the close. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) added 7.73% or 28.0 points to end at 390.0 and Mazda Motor Corp. (T:7261) was up 7.30% or 114.6 points to 1684.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Obayashi Corp. (T:1802), which lost 0.36% or 4.0 points to trade at 1116.0 in late trade. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) declined 0.35% or 6.0 points to end at 1718.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) shed 0.28% or 10.0 points to 3585.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1834 to 125 and 42 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.71% to 28.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.80% or 0.33 to $41.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.05% or 0.45 to hit $43.36 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.57% or 7.00 to trade at $1242.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 108.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 123.44.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.23.