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 rose 1.34% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTN Corp. (T:6472), which rose 8.26% or 18.0 points to trade at 236.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 7.10% or 150.0 points to end at 2264.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) was up 6.73% or 178.0 points to 2822.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which lost 6.74% or 250.0 points to trade at 3460.0 in late trade. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) declined 4.35% or 102.0 points to end at 2242.5 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 3.34% or 39.0 points to 1130.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2342 to 1157 and 217 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.58.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.71% or 0.32 to $45.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.71% or 0.34 to hit $47.54 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 10.45 to trade at $1791.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 104.33, while EUR/JPY rose 0.42% to 124.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 91.722.