Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Rubber and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214), which rose 9.08% or 300.0 points to trade at 3605.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 4.30% or 119.0 points to end at 2887.5 and TDK Corp (T:6762) was up 4.01% or 460.0 points to 11930.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802), which lost 5.95% or 125.0 points to trade at 1975.5 in late trade. The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) declined 4.56% or 38.0 points to end at 796.0 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) shed 4.53% or 30.2 points to 636.8.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2220 to 1163 and 201 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.81% to 16.94.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.51% or 0.36 to $69.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.36% or 0.27 to hit $75.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.20 to trade at $1217.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.41% to 111.51, while EUR/JPY rose 0.58% to 130.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 94.10.