Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Power and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (TYO:5703), which rose 5.98% or 96.00 points to trade at 1,701.00 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770) added 4.41% or 53.50 points to end at 1,267.50 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (TYO:8804) was up 4.22% or 84.50 points to 2,085.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IHI Corp. (TYO:7013), which lost 15.81% or 598.00 points to trade at 3,185.00 in late trade. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) declined 5.89% or 238.00 points to end at 3,800.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) shed 4.05% or 356.00 points to 8,425.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2456 to 1136 and 260 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.97% to 16.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.27% or 0.24 to $87.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.19% or 0.17 to hit $90.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 5.15 to trade at $1,942.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 146.87, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 157.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 104.37.