Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305), which rose 6.15% or 220.0 points to trade at 3800.0 at the close. Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301) added 5.43% or 172.0 points to end at 3337.0 and Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) was up 5.19% or 81.0 points to 1643.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 4.17% or 33.7 points to trade at 773.7 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 2.69% or 140.0 points to end at 5060.0 and Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503) shed 2.15% or 66.0 points to 3005.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2340 to 1012 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.05% to 18.19.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.25% or 0.17 to $68.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $73.07 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1223.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 111.24, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 129.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.44.