Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Services and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 7.35% or 590.00 points to trade at 8,620.00 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) added 5.65% or 21.00 points to end at 393.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) was up 5.22% or 128.00 points to 2,579.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which lost 2.93% or 106.00 points to trade at 3,508.00 in late trade. Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503) declined 2.78% or 39.00 points to end at 1,363.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) shed 2.38% or 14.00 points to 575.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2187 to 1351 and 252 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.51% to 21.67 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.39% or 0.39 to $99.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.35% or 0.37 to hit $106.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 4.00 to trade at $1,706.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 137.93, while EUR/JPY rose 0.51% to 140.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 106.74.