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 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 4.38% or 14.0 points to trade at 334.0 at the close. Familymart Ltd (T:8028) added 4.10% or 107.0 points to end at 2718.0 and JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) was up 2.73% or 14.3 points to 538.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which lost 3.96% or 86.0 points to trade at 2087.0 in late trade. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) declined 3.32% or 164.0 points to end at 4783.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) shed 3.22% or 120.0 points to 3605.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2166 to 1333 and 218 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.39.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.31% or 0.18 to $57.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $64.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.85 to trade at $1396.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 108.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 122.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.053.