Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Textile and Communication sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.92% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 11.37% or 351.00 points to trade at 3,439.00 at the close. Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004) added 8.66% or 307.00 points to end at 3,854.00 and Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd (TYO:4151) was up 5.31% or 155.50 points to 3,084.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 2.23% or 57.50 points to trade at 2,522.50 in late trade. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) declined 2.20% or 45.00 points to end at 2,000.00 and Nippon Express Holdings,Inc. (TYO:9147) shed 1.98% or 145.00 points to 7,182.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1901 to 1690 and 285 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.06% to 17.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.01 to $82.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.03% or 0.03 to hit $85.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 7.55 to trade at $2,371.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 160.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 174.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.67.