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 1.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841), which rose 5.63% or 107.0 points to trade at 2008.0 at the close. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) added 5.60% or 289.0 points to end at 5446.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) was up 4.59% or 40.0 points to 911.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which lost 1.09% or 5.0 points to trade at 453.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 0.98% or 34.0 points to end at 3433.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 0.95% or 17.0 points to 1770.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3086 to 538 and 167 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.87 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.62% or 0.39 to $62.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.71% or 0.49 to hit $68.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.45 to trade at $1571.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 108.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 121.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.445.