Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Marine Transport, Shipbuilding and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 5.95% or 29.0 points to trade at 516.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 3.87% or 11.0 points to end at 295.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) was up 3.47% or 155.0 points to 4620.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which lost 3.25% or 12.0 points to trade at 357.0 in late trade. Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) declined 2.93% or 7.0 points to end at 232.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) shed 2.69% or 95.0 points to 3435.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1807 to 1653 and 240 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.76% to 18.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.43% or 0.25 to $58.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.35% or 0.24 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1282.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 109.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 122.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 97.688.