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 4.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which rose 11.70% or 93.0 points to trade at 888.0 at the close. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) added 10.97% or 261.0 points to end at 2641.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was up 10.62% or 163.0 points to 1698.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729), which added 0.08% or 2.0 points to trade at 2594.0 in late trade. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 0.14% or 2.0 points to end at 1414.5 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) gained 0.59% or 14.0 points to 2384.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3407 to 221 and 61 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 39.59 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.19% or 0.07 to $37.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.08% or 0.03 to hit $39.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 6.45 to trade at $1733.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 107.33, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 121.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.510.