Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Railway & Bus and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which rose 5.05% or 215.00 points to trade at 4,472.00 at the close. Yamaha Corp. (TYO:7951) added 4.67% or 250.00 points to end at 5,600.00 and Konami Corp. (TYO:9766) was up 4.38% or 280.00 points to 6,670.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531), which lost 0.98% or 25.00 points to trade at 2,524.00 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366) declined 0.82% or 3.00 points to end at 361.00 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:2269) shed 0.79% or 50.00 points to 6,270.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2824 to 718 and 235 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.21% to 25.02.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.75% or 0.63 to $85.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.68% or 0.62 to hit $92.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 5.50 to trade at $1,658.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 149.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 146.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 111.91.