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 0.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NSK Ltd. (T:6471), which rose 7.21% or 65.0 points to trade at 966.0 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) added 5.94% or 50.0 points to end at 892.0 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) was up 5.82% or 108.0 points to 1964.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which lost 7.16% or 518.0 points to trade at 6712.0 in late trade. Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) declined 5.67% or 83.0 points to end at 1380.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) shed 4.54% or 210.0 points to 4415.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2072 to 1422 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.40 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.28% or 0.16 to $58.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.21% or 0.13 to hit $62.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 10.45 to trade at $1500.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 107.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 118.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 98.308.