Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Banking and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801), which rose 7.04% or 452.00 points to trade at 6,870.00 at the close. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) added 6.62% or 370.00 points to end at 5,958.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) was up 6.18% or 350.00 points to 6,012.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503), which lost 3.08% or 61.50 points to trade at 1,934.00 in late trade. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) declined 1.60% or 8.70 points to end at 533.60 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) shed 1.58% or 9.00 points to 562.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2416 to 1173 and 284 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.31% to 22.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.38% or 0.26 to $68.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.39% or 0.28 to hit $72.11 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 10.79 to trade at $2,669.29 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 150.03, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 157.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.49.