Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.42% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011), which rose 6.99% or 171.0 points to trade at 2619.0 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) added 4.59% or 55.0 points to end at 1254.0 and Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (T:8766) was up 4.45% or 235.0 points to 5511.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which lost 5.00% or 280.0 points to trade at 5320.0 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) declined 2.45% or 54.0 points to end at 2150.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) shed 2.31% or 107.0 points to 4520.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2291 to 1237 and 171 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.66.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.19% or 0.08 to $41.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.46% or 0.20 to hit $44.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.45 to trade at $1886.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 104.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 123.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 92.562.