Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Pharmaceutical Industry and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sharp Corp. (T:6753), which rose 8.99% or 8.5 points to trade at 103.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 6.10% or 64.0 points to end at 1113.0 and Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) was up 5.48% or 129.0 points to 2483.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002), which lost 10.08% or 107.0 points to trade at 954.0 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 6.97% or 69.0 points to end at 921.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) shed 6.21% or 18.0 points to 272.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1021 to 858 and 120 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.74% to 33.36.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.64% or 0.76 to $47.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.42% or 0.68 to hit $48.45 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.85 to trade at $1318.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 101.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 112.80.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 96.20.