Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 5.47% or 118.0 points to trade at 2277.0 at the close. Ebara Corp. (T:6361) added 5.19% or 28.0 points to end at 567.0 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183) was up 4.99% or 20.0 points to 421.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (T:4272), which lost 4.96% or 55.0 points to trade at 1054.0 in late trade. Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863) declined 3.05% or 59.0 points to end at 1875.0 and Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) shed 2.61% or 47.0 points to 1757.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1178 to 656 and 163 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.00% to 26.41.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $49.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1244.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 107.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 122.19.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 93.99.