Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Financial Services and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 11.68% or 42.0 points to trade at 401.5 at the close. Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) added 9.65% or 148.0 points to end at 1682.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 6.36% or 245.0 points to 4100.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 4.08% or 97.0 points to trade at 2283.0 in late trade. The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) declined 3.36% or 54.5 points to end at 1568.5 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) shed 2.81% or 48.5 points to 1677.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1760 to 1635 and 176 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 8.42% to 16.64.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.62% or 0.46 to $74.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.15% or 0.90 to hit $78.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.40 to trade at $1255.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 111.14, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 130.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 93.96.