Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Warehousing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9532), which rose 4.84% or 162.00 points to trade at 3,514.00 at the close. NTT Data Corp. (TYO:9613) added 3.26% or 77.00 points to end at 2,443.50 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) was up 2.79% or 110.00 points to 4,046.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602), which lost 2.62% or 144.00 points to trade at 5,341.00 in late trade. Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503) declined 2.48% or 60.00 points to end at 2,365.00 and Denso Corp. (TYO:6902) shed 2.37% or 67.50 points to 2,781.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2252 to 1367 and 248 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 13.68% to 24.43 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.22% or 0.18 to $82.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.23% or 0.20 to hit $87.20 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.27% or 29.85 to trade at $2,316.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 154.76, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 164.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 106.07.