Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Rubber, Electrical/Machinery and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.18% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 16.52% or 374.0 points to trade at 2638.0 at the close. GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) added 5.52% or 30.0 points to end at 573.0 and Okuma Corp. (T:6103) was up 5.28% or 55.0 points to 1097.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Haseko Corp (T:1808), which lost 2.73% or 39.00 points to trade at 1391.00 in late trade. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 1.74% or 9.0 points to end at 508.5 and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) shed 1.59% or 7.0 points to 432.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2531 to 732 and 192 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 20.34% to 15.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.48% or 0.23 to $47.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.45% or 0.24 to hit $53.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.52 to trade at $1331.18 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 109.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 131.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 91.84.