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 gained 1.08% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101), which rose 3.50% or 300.0 points to trade at 8870.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 3.41% or 38.0 points to end at 1152.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) was up 3.30% or 57.0 points to 1785.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Keio Corp. (T:9008), which lost 3.74% or 230.0 points to trade at 5920.0 in late trade. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9007) declined 3.25% or 86.0 points to end at 2564.0 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) shed 3.19% or 44.0 points to 1335.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1921 to 1550 and 279 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.02 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $69.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $72.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 6.95 to trade at $1819.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 109.83, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 129.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 92.500.