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 1.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Panasonic Corp (T:6752), which rose 5.64% or 81.5 points to trade at 1527.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 5.41% or 280.0 points to end at 5460.0 and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (T:9432) was up 5.39% or 167.0 points to 3267.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canon Inc (T:7751), which lost 3.91% or 111.0 points to trade at 2727.0 in late trade. Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) declined 3.63% or 77.0 points to end at 2047.0 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) shed 3.11% or 40.0 points to 1248.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2634 to 871 and 251 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.14.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.33% or 0.28 to $83.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.18% or 0.15 to hit $85.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 4.05 to trade at $1802.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.27% to 114.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 132.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.910.