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 0.06% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which rose 9.71% or 97.5 points to trade at 1102.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 6.00% or 60.0 points to end at 1060.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was up 5.64% or 81.0 points to 1517.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 4.19% or 56.0 points to trade at 1280.0 in late trade. Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214) declined 3.29% or 83.0 points to end at 2439.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) shed 3.13% or 74.0 points to 2294.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1992 to 1477 and 269 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.94% or 0.59 to $62.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $68.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 7.95 to trade at $1503.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 108.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 119.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 98.172.