Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NEC Corp. (TYO:6701), which rose 5.97% or 285.00 points to trade at 5,060.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) added 5.24% or 268.00 points to end at 5,383.00 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) was up 4.44% or 150.00 points to 3,530.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253), which lost 1.02% or 18.00 points to trade at 1,745.00 in late trade. Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205) declined 0.95% or 6.00 points to end at 623.00 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (TYO:8804) shed 0.84% or 18.00 points to 2,119.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2786 to 750 and 234 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 14.42% to 21.42 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.24% or 2.17 to $94.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.20% or 2.26 to hit $100.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 4.75 to trade at $1,744.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 138.26, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 138.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 108.46.