Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Rubber and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.05% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which rose 7.28% or 154.0 points to trade at 2270.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) added 4.92% or 300.0 points to end at 6400.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) was up 4.36% or 63.0 points to 1509.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which lost 1.93% or 86.0 points to trade at 4359.0 in late trade. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) declined 0.97% or 19.0 points to end at 1936.0 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T:5802) shed 0.92% or 17.0 points to 1838.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1955 to 1309 and 224 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.19% to 15.47.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.30% or 0.15 to $50.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $56.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1273.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 113.05, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 132.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.52.