Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.24% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 15.50% or 51.0 points to trade at 380.0 at the close. KDDI Corp. (T:9433) added 5.85% or 139.5 points to end at 2524.5 and NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) was up 3.56% or 82.0 points to 2386.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 3.73% or 95.0 points to trade at 2449.0 in late trade. Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) declined 3.27% or 23.0 points to end at 681.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) shed 2.15% or 51.0 points to 2323.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2051 to 1400 and 252 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.31% to 15.24 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $63.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.15 to trade at $1288.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 111.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 126.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.562.