Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Finance & Investment, Transportation Equipment and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (T:8309), which rose 14.54% or 42.2 points to trade at 332.4 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 8.60% or 23.2 points to end at 293.1 and NSK Ltd. (T:6471) was up 7.66% or 57.0 points to 801.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which lost 4.01% or 12.0 points to trade at 287.0 in late trade. Uny Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:8270) declined 3.58% or 31.0 points to end at 834.0 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) shed 2.68% or 26.0 points to 944.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1689 to 299 and 68 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.41% to 29.62.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.42% or 0.19 to $44.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.56% or 0.26 to hit $46.51 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1355.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.48% to 103.28, while EUR/JPY rose 0.73% to 114.50.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 96.38.