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 rose 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 5.35% or 310.0 points to trade at 6100.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 4.47% or 48.0 points to end at 1121.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 4.36% or 12.0 points to 287.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which lost 4.20% or 100.0 points to trade at 2280.0 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 3.12% or 66.0 points to end at 2047.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) shed 2.93% or 15.0 points to 497.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2651 to 827 and 235 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.12% or 0.07 to $56.21 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $59.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.55 to trade at $1510.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 106.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 117.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 98.265.