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 gained 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 13.80% or 53.0 points to trade at 437.0 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) added 7.93% or 26.0 points to end at 354.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 7.71% or 420.0 points to 5870.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952), which lost 2.01% or 36.0 points to trade at 1754.0 in late trade. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) declined 1.99% or 21.0 points to end at 1033.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) shed 1.90% or 36.0 points to 1860.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1842 to 1671 and 216 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.29 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.29% or 0.15 to $52.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.97% or 0.53 to hit $55.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 10.15 to trade at $1840.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.37% to 104.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.49% to 125.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 90.715.