Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Fishery and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Meidensha Corp. (T:6508), which rose 7.50% or 33.0 points to trade at 473.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 5.46% or 15.0 points to end at 289.5 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was up 4.76% or 170.0 points to 3740.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578), which lost 1.87% or 92.0 points to trade at 4818.0 in late trade. Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) declined 1.45% or 50.0 points to end at 3390.0 and Tokyu Corp. (T:9005) shed 1.38% or 23.0 points to 1648.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2319 to 960 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.09% to 19.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.25% or 0.14 to $56.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $62.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.60 to trade at $1279.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 112.60, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 132.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 93.98.