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%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861), which rose 13.65% or 58.0 points to trade at 483.0 at the close. Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9001) added 11.57% or 337.0 points to end at 3250.0 and Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9007) was up 10.56% or 197.0 points to 2063.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 6.80% or 275.0 points to trade at 3770.0 in late trade. Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) declined 6.64% or 42.0 points to end at 591.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) shed 6.19% or 210.0 points to 3180.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2915 to 808 and 84 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 60.67 a new 5-year high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 4.83% or 1.40 to $30.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 3.03% or 0.91 to hit $30.96 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1486.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.82% to 106.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.42% to 118.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 98.493.