Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Precision Instruments and Rubber sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were LY Corp (TYO:4689), which rose 2.47% or 11.70 points to trade at 484.90 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) added 2.22% or 255.00 points to end at 11,750.00 and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (TYO:5233) was up 2.04% or 56.50 points to 2,827.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007), which lost 4.22% or 93.50 points to trade at 2,122.50 in late trade. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) declined 3.16% or 63.00 points to end at 1,930.50 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) shed 2.61% or 40.50 points to 1,512.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1858 to 1780 and 261 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.73% to 17.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.26% or 0.19 to $73.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.27% or 0.21 to hit $79.01 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 6.25 to trade at $2,075.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 142.24, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 156.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.25.