Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Transport and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Subaru Corp (T:7270), which rose 4.51% or 79.50 points to trade at 1,843.00 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) added 4.35% or 18.00 points to end at 432.00 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) was up 4.22% or 19.60 points to 484.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 17.39% or 700.00 points to trade at 3,325.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 9.98% or 599.00 points to end at 5,401.00 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) shed 9.72% or 277.00 points to 2,574.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2600 to 983 and 187 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.33% to 28.98.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 5.32% or 5.48 to $97.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 5.49% or 5.87 to hit $101.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.32% or 25.90 to trade at $1,934.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 118.03, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 129.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 98.75.