Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Retail and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which rose 3.53% or 760.00 points to trade at 22,260.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) added 3.31% or 317.00 points to end at 9,886.00 and Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) was up 3.27% or 55.50 points to 1,751.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which lost 8.64% or 499.00 points to trade at 5,275.00 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) declined 4.10% or 127.50 points to end at 2,984.50 and Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) shed 3.19% or 85.50 points to 2,597.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2019 to 1599 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.20% to 28.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.44% or 0.30 to $68.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.35% or 0.25 to hit $71.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 1.25 to trade at $2,533.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 143.29, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 158.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.58.