Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Transportation Equipment and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101), which rose 8.16% or 364.00 points to trade at 4,825.00 at the close. Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101) added 7.90% or 259.00 points to end at 3,539.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) was up 6.44% or 145.00 points to 2,395.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TOTO Ltd. (TYO:5332), which lost 3.09% or 130.00 points to trade at 4,071.00 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) declined 2.51% or 66.50 points to end at 2,588.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) shed 2.21% or 119.00 points to 5,271.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2343 to 1210 and 313 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.48% to 20.60 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $78.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $82.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 4.40 to trade at $2,390.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 156.47, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 170.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.07.