Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762), which rose 16.18% or 100.00 points to trade at 718.00 at the close. Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812) added 5.41% or 82.00 points to end at 1,598.00 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:5301) was up 4.98% or 59.00 points to 1,244.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which lost 5.02% or 220.00 points to trade at 4,159.00 in late trade. Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) declined 3.62% or 97.00 points to end at 2,585.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) shed 1.49% or 10.00 points to 662.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2503 to 1099 and 225 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.79% to 16.51.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.77% or 0.62 to $79.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.39% or 0.34 to hit $86.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 6.85 to trade at $1,870.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 131.93, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 141.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 103.03.