Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Steel, Retail and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.25% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406), which rose 5.81% or 59.00 points to trade at 1,075.00 at the close. Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) added 3.52% or 50.00 points to end at 1,472.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was up 3.01% or 45.00 points to 1,540.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO:2002), which lost 2.23% or 35.00 points to trade at 1,536.00 in late trade. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064) declined 1.90% or 44.00 points to end at 2,274.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) shed 1.60% or 17.00 points to 1,046.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2266 to 1254 and 303 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.89% to 16.19.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.20% or 0.16 to $80.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.21% or 0.18 to hit $86.36 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.75 to trade at $1,855.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 135.77, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 145.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 104.13.