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 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 4.85% or 61.0 points to trade at 1318.0 at the close. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) added 4.73% or 81.0 points to end at 1792.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 4.67% or 185.0 points to 4150.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which lost 4.54% or 309.0 points to trade at 6495.0 in late trade. Terumo Corp. (T:4543) declined 2.44% or 85.0 points to end at 3395.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) shed 1.92% or 100.0 points to 5120.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2571 to 966 and 182 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.35.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.63% or 0.34 to $54.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.44% or 0.26 to hit $59.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.75 to trade at $1466.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 108.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 118.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.172.