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 0.47% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tosoh Corp. (T:4042), which rose 5.21% or 87.0 points to trade at 1757.0 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) added 3.97% or 43.5 points to end at 1138.5 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 3.89% or 62.5 points to 1669.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which lost 6.28% or 260.0 points to trade at 3880.0 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 3.00% or 30.0 points to end at 970.0 and Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113) shed 2.31% or 30.0 points to 1270.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2372 to 1157 and 251 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.68 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.10% or 0.06 to $60.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $65.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.65 to trade at $1481.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 109.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 122.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.695.