Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Non-Metal Minerals and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801), which rose 18.64% or 643.00 points to trade at 4,092.00 at the close. Obayashi Corp. (TYO:1802) added 13.39% or 224.50 points to end at 1,901.00 and Eneos Holdings Inc (TYO:5020) was up 10.76% or 76.80 points to 790.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812), which lost 8.89% or 265.00 points to trade at 2,715.00 in late trade. Tosoh Corp. (TYO:4042) declined 8.61% or 186.50 points to end at 1,980.50 and Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (TYO:8601) shed 6.82% or 79.50 points to 1,086.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1871 to 1795 and 213 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.54% to 19.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.13% or 0.10 to $79.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $83.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 3.15 to trade at $2,346.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 156.50, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 168.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 105.18.