Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Machinery, Glass and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 2.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which rose 20.20% or 400.0 points to trade at 2380.0 at the close. Haseko Corp (T:1808) added 15.96% or 187.00 points to end at 1359.00 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 13.62% or 194.0 points to 1618.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 5.89% or 200.0 points to trade at 3195.0 in late trade. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) declined 4.93% or 27.5 points to end at 530.0 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) shed 4.87% or 230.0 points to 4490.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2770 to 764 and 164 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 15.51% to 19.81.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.67% or 0.35 to $52.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.65% or 0.40 to hit $61.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1315.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 110.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 124.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.903.