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 0.86% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 11.26% or 248.0 points to trade at 2450.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 9.86% or 623.0 points to end at 6943.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 5.59% or 139.0 points to 2624.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which lost 15.30% or 247.0 points to trade at 1367.0 in late trade. Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105) declined 10.97% or 104.0 points to end at 844.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) shed 3.12% or 23.1 points to 717.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2130 to 1360 and 265 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.40.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.46% or 0.32 to $68.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $72.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 11.55 to trade at $1822.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 109.92, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 130.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 92.172.