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 rose 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 6.53% or 87.0 points to trade at 1419.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 5.31% or 18.0 points to end at 357.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) was up 4.45% or 42.0 points to 986.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602), which lost 2.08% or 90.0 points to trade at 4245.0 in late trade. Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) declined 1.98% or 85.0 points to end at 4215.0 and Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) shed 0.95% or 3.5 points to 363.2.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2500 to 978 and 242 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.09% or 0.05 to $56.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $63.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 8.95 to trade at $1417.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 108.14, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 121.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 97.157.