Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Glass, Communication and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Okuma Corp. (T:6103), which rose 8.29% or 520.0 points to trade at 6790.0 at the close. Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) added 6.74% or 220.0 points to end at 3485.0 and West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) was up 6.53% or 506.0 points to 8256.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which lost 14.43% or 65.0 points to trade at 385.5 in late trade. TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) declined 11.76% or 730.0 points to end at 5480.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) shed 10.59% or 199.0 points to 1681.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1908 to 1461 and 193 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.60% to 16.16.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.51% or 0.35 to $68.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.63% or 0.47 to hit $74.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 9.50 to trade at $1309.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 109.52, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 131.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 91.94.