Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Warehousing, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.10% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502), which rose 5.88% or 73.00 points to trade at 1,315.00 at the close. Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) added 4.19% or 112.00 points to end at 2,788.00 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was up 4.09% or 226.00 points to 5,748.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 2.22% or 95.00 points to trade at 4,190.00 in late trade. West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) declined 2.15% or 112.00 points to end at 5,107.00 and Eneos Holdings Inc (T:5020) shed 2.06% or 10.10 points to 479.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2462 to 1102 and 229 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.87% to 25.03.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.28% or 0.30 to $105.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.04 to hit $109.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.04% or 20.25 to trade at $1,919.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 123.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 136.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 98.90.