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 added 2.50% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289), which rose 5.89% or 29.0 points to trade at 521.0 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) added 5.60% or 1800.0 points to end at 33940.0 and Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) was up 5.49% or 310.0 points to 5960.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202), which lost 1.94% or 49.0 points to trade at 2483.0 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) declined 1.28% or 5.0 points to end at 386.0 and KDDI Corp. (T:9433) shed 1.25% or 38.0 points to 3004.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2634 to 914 and 181 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.00% or 0.43 to $43.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.85% or 0.39 to hit $46.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 11.20 to trade at $1826.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 104.42, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 123.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 92.392.