Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506), which rose 7.35% or 450.00 points to trade at 6,564.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (TYO:5711) added 5.80% or 167.50 points to end at 3,053.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) was up 5.13% or 123.50 points to 2,539.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DIC Corp (TYO:4631), which lost 2.08% or 63.50 points to trade at 2,992.00 in late trade. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009) declined 1.90% or 119.00 points to end at 6,158.00 and Shimizu Corp. (TYO:1803) shed 1.72% or 15.70 points to 895.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2556 to 1078 and 232 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.12% to 21.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.15% or 0.13 to $86.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.17% or 0.15 to hit $90.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 13.45 to trade at $2,364.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 151.90, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 164.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 103.93.