Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Mining and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 5.64% or 55.00 points to trade at 1,030.00 at the close. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9007) added 2.80% or 56.00 points to end at 2,055.00 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) was up 2.61% or 151.00 points to 5,936.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 6.74% or 295.00 points to trade at 4,080.00 in late trade. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) declined 4.76% or 80.00 points to end at 1,602.00 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (T:8750) shed 4.43% or 111.00 points to 2,397.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1956 to 1585 and 239 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 11.99% to 18.72 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.51% or 0.53 to $103.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.53% or 0.57 to hit $108.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 5.40 to trade at $1,928.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 122.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 134.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 98.84.