Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Machinery, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which rose 17.48% or 700.0 points to trade at 4705.0 at the close. Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) added 7.08% or 237.0 points to end at 3583.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 6.42% or 173.0 points to 2866.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which lost 4.85% or 86.5 points to trade at 1696.0 in late trade. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) declined 4.18% or 31.0 points to end at 710.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) shed 3.53% or 1950.0 points to 53330.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2506 to 1012 and 191 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.56% to 23.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.81% or 0.41 to $50.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.49% or 0.29 to hit $59.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.45 to trade at $1287.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.42% to 108.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 124.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 95.310.