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 gained 0.40% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 19.90% or 80.0 points to trade at 482.0 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 4.41% or 20.0 points to end at 474.0 and Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) was up 3.92% or 23.6 points to 626.3 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 8.20% or 154.0 points to trade at 1724.0 in late trade. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) declined 7.04% or 68.0 points to end at 898.0 and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) shed 5.93% or 80.0 points to 1268.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1965 to 1571 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.34.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.74% or 0.43 to $58.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.69% or 0.42 to hit $61.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 8.00 to trade at $1842.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.38% to 104.83, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 126.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 90.707.