Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 4.37% or 78.0 points to trade at 1861.0 at the close. Terumo Corp. (T:4543) added 3.09% or 180.0 points to end at 6010.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 2.56% or 90.0 points to 3600.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which lost 5.47% or 560.0 points to trade at 9670.0 in late trade. KDDI Corp. (T:9433) declined 5.22% or 162.5 points to end at 2953.5 and NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) shed 4.00% or 117.5 points to 2820.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2396 to 1004 and 197 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.28% to 17.02.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $65.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $72.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.10 to trade at $1200.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 110.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.44% to 126.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 95.45.