Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sony Corp (T:6758), which rose 9.26% or 445.0 points to trade at 5250.0 at the close. JGC Corp. (T:1963) added 7.29% or 114.0 points to end at 1678.0 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) was up 4.46% or 170.0 points to 3985.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021), which lost 2.97% or 160.0 points to trade at 5220.0 in late trade. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233) declined 2.94% or 41.0 points to end at 1352.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) shed 2.85% or 19.0 points to 648.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2181 to 1267 and 248 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.49% to 16.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.34% or 0.22 to $64.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $71.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.95 to trade at $1305.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 111.25, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 125.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.562.