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 gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which rose 7.23% or 71.0 points to trade at 1053.0 at the close. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) added 6.56% or 210.0 points to end at 3410.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 6.24% or 420.0 points to 7150.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DIC Corp (T:4631), which lost 10.08% or 302.0 points to trade at 2695.0 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) declined 7.20% or 163.0 points to end at 2100.0 and Denka Co Ltd (T:4061) shed 5.50% or 200.0 points to 3435.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1810 to 1736 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.64% or 0.58 to $90.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.73% or 0.68 to hit $92.01 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 4.15 to trade at $1817.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 115.51, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 131.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 95.722.