Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724), which rose 5.93% or 69.0 points to trade at 1233.0 at the close. IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 5.27% or 78.0 points to end at 1558.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) was up 5.05% or 35.0 points to 728.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which lost 5.28% or 40.0 points to trade at 718.0 in late trade. Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) declined 1.47% or 7.2 points to end at 482.4 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) shed 1.34% or 70.0 points to 5170.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1899 to 1592 and 209 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 32.42.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.83% or 0.33 to $39.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.55% or 0.23 to hit $41.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 5.40 to trade at $1786.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 107.70, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 120.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 97.688.