Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Railway & Bus and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 2.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022), which rose 4.82% or 1185.0 points to trade at 25765.0 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 4.77% or 20.0 points to end at 439.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) was up 4.75% or 202.0 points to 4452.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aozora Bank, Ltd. (T:8304), which lost 1.56% or 45.0 points to trade at 2847.0 in late trade. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 0.84% or 90.0 points to end at 10615.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) shed 0.28% or 10.0 points to 3530.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3012 to 606 and 134 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 25.65% to 19.40.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.04% or 0.61 to $59.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.55% or 0.37 to hit $67.18 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.15 to trade at $1322.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 110.17, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 124.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.088.