Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Electrical/Machinery, Machinery and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.33% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Tobacco Inc (TYO:2914), which rose 9.50% or 234.00 points to trade at 2,698.00 at the close. Panasonic Corp (TYO:6752) added 7.33% or 78.00 points to end at 1,142.50 and NTN Corp. (TYO:6472) was up 6.79% or 18.00 points to 283.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kyocera Corp. (TYO:6971), which lost 7.49% or 557.00 points to trade at 6,884.00 in late trade. Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (TYO:5901) declined 6.88% or 117.00 points to end at 1,584.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) shed 3.66% or 38.00 points to 999.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1766 to 1719 and 306 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.16% to 22.95.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.39% or 1.20 to $87.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.49% or 1.38 to hit $94.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 7.20 to trade at $1,647.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.58% to 147.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.27% to 146.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 111.04.