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 added 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Subaru Corp (T:7270), which rose 4.93% or 135.0 points to trade at 2874.0 at the close. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) added 3.66% or 190.0 points to end at 5380.0 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) was up 3.43% or 26.0 points to 784.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TOTO Ltd. (T:5332), which lost 2.05% or 80.0 points to trade at 3825.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 1.82% or 54.0 points to end at 2913.5 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 1.49% or 15.0 points to 994.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2205 to 1230 and 274 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 20.81.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.39% or 0.21 to $53.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.31% or 0.18 to hit $58.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 6.65 to trade at $1543.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.47% to 105.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 117.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 97.782.