Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Finance & Investment, Shipbuilding and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.19% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432), which rose 9.13% or 126.50 points to trade at 1,511.50 at the close. Omron Cor (TYO:6645) added 6.22% or 391.00 points to end at 6,677.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 6.05% or 282.00 points to 4,945.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 3.72% or 246.00 points to trade at 6,361.00 in late trade. DIC Corp (TYO:4631) declined 2.64% or 72.00 points to end at 2,652.50 and Kyocera Corp. (TYO:6971) shed 2.19% or 45.00 points to 2,010.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2850 to 877 and 175 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.23% to 18.46.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.31% or 0.22 to $70.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $76.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 4.90 to trade at $2,038.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 143.93, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 157.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 102.00.