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 rose 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 366.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 8780.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was unchanged 0% or 0 points to 357.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 3330.0 in late trade. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 1729.0 and Chiba Bank Ltd (T:8331) 0% or 0 points to 770.0.
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 unchanged 0% to 26.53.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.68% or 3.32 to $93.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.10% or 1.95 to hit $94.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 12.05 to trade at $1911.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0% to 114.74, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0% to 129.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.