Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Textile, Trading and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:2269), which rose 10.41% or 344.00 points to trade at 3,650.00 at the close. Comsys Holdings Corp. (TYO:1721) added 9.00% or 255.50 points to end at 3,093.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) was up 5.82% or 266.00 points to 4,838.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (TYO:3105), which lost 8.24% or 97.00 points to trade at 1,080.00 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) declined 4.21% or 785.00 points to end at 17,855.00 and Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689) shed 4.09% or 18.00 points to 422.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1853 to 1713 and 275 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.35% to 20.37.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.74% or 0.61 to $81.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.76% or 0.65 to hit $84.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 3.75 to trade at $1,966.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.42% to 143.10, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 157.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 102.19.