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 1.87% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 6.46% or 421.0 points to trade at 6939.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 5.88% or 84.5 points to end at 1522.5 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 5.27% or 85.0 points to 1697.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 2.19% or 43.0 points to trade at 1916.0 in late trade. Ebara Corp. (T:6361) declined 1.69% or 50.0 points to end at 2903.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 1.55% or 43.0 points to 2727.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2886 to 674 and 194 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.34.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.73% or 0.39 to $53.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.61% or 0.36 to hit $58.99 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.65 to trade at $1495.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 108.36, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 119.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 98.162.