Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Precision Instruments and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 5.36% or 92.0 points to trade at 1808.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 4.26% or 330.0 points to end at 8074.9 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was up 3.78% or 25.0 points to 686.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020), which lost 2.28% or 12.2 points to trade at 523.8 in late trade. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. (T:8601) declined 2.13% or 15.4 points to end at 708.3 and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) shed 2.02% or 70.0 points to 3397.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2434 to 692 and 239 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.52% to 19.75 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.63% or 0.30 to $48.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.49% or 0.25 to hit $51.15 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1253.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 110.67, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 120.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 99.08.