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 gained 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501), which rose 7.54% or 168.0 points to trade at 2395.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 6.35% or 20.0 points to end at 335.0 and Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (T:9503) was up 6.29% or 70.5 points to 1190.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panasonic Corp (T:6752), which lost 6.64% or 94.5 points to trade at 1329.5 in late trade. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) declined 5.21% or 45.0 points to end at 819.0 and GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) shed 4.90% or 155.0 points to 3010.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2858 to 709 and 172 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.91% or 0.59 to $64.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.76% or 0.52 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 14.55 to trade at $1692.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 108.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 129.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 92.222.