Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Paper & Pulp and Steel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which rose 3.37% or 164.00 points to trade at 5,030.00 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TYO:5706) added 2.87% or 106.00 points to end at 3,805.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) was up 2.39% or 82.00 points to 3,512.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 4.08% or 213.00 points to trade at 5,003.00 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) declined 2.66% or 120.00 points to end at 4,399.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) shed 2.62% or 100.00 points to 3,713.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2241 to 1391 and 242 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.25% to 23.20 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.37% or 0.32 to $85.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.31% or 0.28 to hit $89.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.55 to trade at $1,985.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.17% to 149.45, while EUR/JPY fell 0.37% to 159.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 105.50.