Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735), which rose 3.06% or 340.00 points to trade at 11,455.00 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) added 2.44% or 530.00 points to end at 22,250.00 and TDK Corp (TYO:6762) was up 2.15% or 142.00 points to 6,752.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which lost 6.49% or 57.90 points to trade at 833.70 in late trade. Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4005) declined 4.85% or 17.50 points to end at 343.40 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) shed 3.75% or 30.50 points to 782.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2505 to 1165 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.66% to 18.21.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.83% or 0.59 to $71.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.75% or 0.57 to hit $76.60 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 9.20 to trade at $2,002.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.50% to 145.43, while EUR/JPY fell 0.47% to 156.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 103.54.