Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Rubber and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308), which rose 4.08% or 24.50 points to trade at 624.50 at the close. Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:4578) added 3.04% or 122.00 points to end at 4,140.00 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) was up 2.83% or 53.00 points to 1,925.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konami Corp. (TYO:9766), which lost 2.08% or 130.00 points to trade at 6,120.00 in late trade. SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) declined 1.39% or 69.00 points to end at 4,888.00 and Central Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9022) shed 1.38% or 220.00 points to 15,735.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2202 to 1320 and 302 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.37% to 19.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.44% or 0.32 to $73.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.21% or 0.16 to hit $77.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.60 to trade at $1,974.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.42% to 131.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 141.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 102.22.