Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Paper & Pulp and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.1984%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 7.1800% or 26.00000000 points to trade at 388.00000000 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 6.2100% or 580.00000000 points to end at 9920.00000000 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 6.1500% or 22.00000000 points to 380.00000000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 3.5500% or 120.00000000 points to trade at 3260.00000000 in late trade. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) declined 3.0900% or 52.00000000 points to end at 1632.00000000 and Chiba Bank Ltd (T:8331) shed 2.8800% or 21.00000000 points to 708.00000000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2365 to 1245 and 177 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.7950% to 26.53000069.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.4000% or 2.29999995 to $98.01999664 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.8100% or 2.75000000 to hit $100.72000122 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.7900% or 15.10000038 to trade at $1915.80004883 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.0391% to 114.94499969, while EUR/JPY fell 0.0116% to 128.99499512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.0000% at 96.69200134.