Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Manufacturing and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Marubeni Corp. (TYO:8002), which rose 4.55% or 80.50 points to trade at 1,849.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) added 3.69% or 565.00 points to end at 15,890.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) was up 3.68% or 155.00 points to 4,365.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which lost 1.73% or 80.00 points to trade at 4,555.00 in late trade. GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:6674) declined 1.64% or 37.00 points to end at 2,220.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) shed 1.54% or 10.10 points to 646.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2465 to 1049 and 291 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.92% to 17.14.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.85% or 0.68 to $80.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.74% or 0.62 to hit $84.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 13.40 to trade at $2,017.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.32% to 133.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 145.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 101.88.