Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Paper & Pulp and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703), which rose 4.63% or 12.0 points to trade at 271.0 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) added 3.90% or 15.0 points to end at 399.5 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) was up 3.86% or 86.5 points to 2327.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 12.42% or 32.6 points to trade at 229.8 in late trade. The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) declined 7.46% or 133.0 points to end at 1650.0 and Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105) shed 5.03% or 59.0 points to 1115.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1728 to 1352 and 290 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.34% to 14.50.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.76% or 0.37 to $49.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.81% or 0.42 to hit $52.24 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.66 to trade at $1233.66 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 113.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.42% to 125.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 98.39.