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 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denso Corp. (T:6902), which rose 4.16% or 167.0 points to trade at 4177.0 at the close. GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) added 3.91% or 72.0 points to end at 1915.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was up 3.81% or 52.0 points to 1417.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which lost 2.14% or 51.0 points to trade at 2335.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 2.11% or 24.0 points to end at 1116.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) shed 1.65% or 61.0 points to 3647.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2084 to 1363 and 212 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 30.49.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.34% or 0.14 to $40.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.46% or 0.20 to hit $43.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1765.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 107.17, while EUR/JPY rose 0.57% to 120.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 96.838.