Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101), which rose 3.64% or 112.00 points to trade at 3,185.00 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) added 3.46% or 217.00 points to end at 6,491.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) was up 3.40% or 101.00 points to 3,070.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406), which lost 2.82% or 30.00 points to trade at 1,033.00 in late trade. Nippon Express Holdings,Inc. (TYO:9147) declined 1.99% or 160.00 points to end at 7,880.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) shed 1.89% or 220.00 points to 11,420.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1952 to 1603 and 274 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.52% to 17.08.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.99% or 0.80 to $81.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.87% or 0.74 to hit $85.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 3.15 to trade at $1,997.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 132.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.37% to 144.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 101.75.