Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Steel, Chemical and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.12% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which rose 4.05% or 21.00 points to trade at 539.00 at the close. Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) added 3.53% or 380.00 points to end at 11,140.00 and Panasonic Corp (TYO:6752) was up 2.42% or 31.50 points to 1,333.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sojitz Corp. (TYO:2768), which lost 4.05% or 117.00 points to trade at 2,771.00 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) declined 2.97% or 35.00 points to end at 1,145.00 and TOTO Ltd. (TYO:5332) shed 2.89% or 135.00 points to 4,540.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1981 to 1550 and 316 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.63% to 15.62.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.22% or 0.17 to $75.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.32% or 0.25 to hit $79.56 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.45 to trade at $1,990.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 137.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 151.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 101.76.