Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Warehousing and Rubber sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.43% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taisei Corp. (TYO:1801), which rose 6.47% or 330.00 points to trade at 5,432.00 at the close. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202) added 4.18% or 78.00 points to end at 1,943.00 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:5802) was up 3.88% or 70.50 points to 1,886.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812), which lost 5.11% or 125.50 points to trade at 2,330.00 in late trade. DIC Corp (TYO:4631) declined 5.04% or 123.50 points to end at 2,326.00 and Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802) shed 4.27% or 85.00 points to 1,905.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1931 to 1705 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.30% to 19.54.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.14% or 0.11 to $78.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.22% or 0.18 to hit $82.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.55 to trade at $1,948.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 151.71, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 162.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 105.58.