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 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 5.63% or 470.0 points to trade at 8824.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 5.39% or 27.0 points to end at 528.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 4.24% or 69.0 points to 1695.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233), which lost 4.01% or 101.0 points to trade at 2415.0 in late trade. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) declined 3.13% or 30.2 points to end at 933.5 and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253) shed 2.97% or 33.0 points to 1078.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2311 to 1175 and 206 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.54% or 0.22 to $41.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.69% or 0.30 to hit $43.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 5.90 to trade at $1823.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 107.34, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 122.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.705.