Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Textile, Electrical/Machinery and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 4.32% or 14.0 points to trade at 338.0 at the close. Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) added 3.74% or 13.2 points to end at 365.8 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 3.42% or 115.0 points to 3480.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which lost 2.93% or 38.0 points to trade at 1261.0 in late trade. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) declined 1.93% or 21.0 points to end at 1067.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) shed 1.75% or 90.0 points to 5050.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2229 to 1253 and 233 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.77% to 17.16 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.13% or 0.60 to $53.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.66% or 0.41 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1329.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 108.56, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 122.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.653.