Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Construction and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which rose 4.93% or 170.0 points to trade at 3620.0 at the close. Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925) added 4.61% or 140.0 points to end at 3178.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was up 3.94% or 104.0 points to 2743.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 6.11% or 89.0 points to trade at 1367.0 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 4.38% or 180.0 points to end at 3925.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 4.17% or 51.0 points to 1173.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1878 to 1560 and 275 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.10% to 15.21.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.67% or 0.44 to $65.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.39% or 0.29 to hit $74.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1275.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 111.88, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 125.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.037.