Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Marine Transport, Steel and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which rose 6.07% or 35.00 points to trade at 612.00 at the close. Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723) added 4.23% or 83.00 points to end at 2,045.00 and Sony Corp (TYO:6758) was up 4.12% or 132.00 points to 3,338.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which lost 5.45% or 337.00 points to trade at 5,851.00 in late trade. Takara Holdings Inc. (TYO:2531) declined 2.10% or 27.50 points to end at 1,284.50 and Nintendo Co Ltd (TYO:7974) shed 1.94% or 179.00 points to 9,037.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1863 to 1669 and 327 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.10% to 22.92.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.47% or 0.32 to $68.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.44% or 0.32 to hit $71.82 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 5.46 to trade at $2,691.26 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 151.24, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 159.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 105.77.