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 added 0.73% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (T:8766), which rose 6.20% or 356.0 points to trade at 6098.0 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) added 6.19% or 163.0 points to end at 2797.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) was up 5.24% or 36.9 points to 740.9 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konami Corp. (T:9766), which lost 2.79% or 200.0 points to trade at 6980.0 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 2.72% or 57.0 points to end at 2042.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) shed 2.27% or 7.0 points to 302.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2519 to 1024 and 225 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.58% or 0.41 to $70.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.53% or 0.39 to hit $73.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.35 to trade at $1793.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 109.99, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 130.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 92.498.