Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Railway & Bus and Steel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konami Corp. (TYO:9766), which rose 4.01% or 270.00 points to trade at 7,000.00 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004) added 3.86% or 32.00 points to end at 860.00 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) was up 2.82% or 11.00 points to 401.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which lost 3.43% or 22.00 points to trade at 619.00 in late trade. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (TYO:4507) declined 1.71% or 116.00 points to end at 6,653.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) shed 1.55% or 110.00 points to 7,000.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2062 to 1415 and 301 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.25% to 21.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.66% or 1.27 to $77.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.62% or 1.34 to hit $84.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 13.15 to trade at $1,646.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.38% to 144.21, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 139.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 113.34.