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 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which rose 4.24% or 31.0 points to trade at 762.0 at the close. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) added 3.05% or 17.6 points to end at 595.5 and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (T:8031) was up 2.98% or 75.5 points to 2610.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which lost 4.07% or 62.0 points to trade at 1461.0 in late trade. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) declined 3.43% or 290.0 points to end at 8160.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) shed 3.14% or 10.0 points to 308.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1830 to 1616 and 301 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 15.85 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.29% or 1.72 to $76.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.73% or 0.56 to hit $77.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.28% or 22.85 to trade at $1806.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 110.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 131.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 92.093.