Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Railway & Bus 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 Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO:6503), which rose 3.28% or 53.50 points to trade at 1,683.00 at the close. Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:1925) added 2.68% or 87.00 points to end at 3,328.00 and Nomura Holdings Inc (TYO:8604) was up 2.18% or 11.30 points to 528.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406), which lost 3.00% or 31.00 points to trade at 1,001.00 in late trade. JFE Holdings, Inc. (TYO:5411) declined 2.89% or 47.00 points to end at 1,577.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) shed 2.31% or 35.00 points to 1,483.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1907 to 1640 and 303 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.37% to 16.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.30% or 0.24 to $79.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.29% or 0.24 to hit $82.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 6.05 to trade at $2,005.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 134.12, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 147.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.19.