Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 7.21% or 37.00 points to trade at 550.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) added 5.82% or 26.00 points to end at 473.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was up 4.88% or 73.00 points to 1,569.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689), which lost 2.50% or 10.40 points to trade at 406.40 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) declined 2.18% or 14.00 points to end at 628.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) shed 2.02% or 83.00 points to 4,029.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2615 to 942 and 216 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.52% to 22.73.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.43% or 1.57 to $111.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.42% or 1.58 to hit $112.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 3.15 to trade at $1,827.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 135.76, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 143.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 103.66.