Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Textile and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which rose 9.93% or 441.00 points to trade at 4,881.00 at the close. IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) added 5.44% or 382.00 points to end at 7,406.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) was up 5.29% or 244.00 points to 4,860.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723), which lost 4.74% or 100.50 points to trade at 2,018.00 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) declined 4.25% or 210.00 points to end at 4,734.00 and Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd (TYO:4151) shed 3.40% or 109.00 points to 3,100.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1825 to 1785 and 268 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.20% to 25.73.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.22% or 0.86 to $71.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.08% or 0.79 to hit $74.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 2.25 to trade at $2,650.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.54% to 144.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.53% to 160.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 100.75.