Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mercari Inc (TYO:4385), which rose 8.68% or 174.50 points to trade at 2,185.00 at the close. M3 Inc (TYO:2413) added 8.07% or 104.00 points to end at 1,392.50 and Sharp Corp (TYO:6753) was up 7.07% or 63.50 points to 961.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which lost 10.55% or 228.00 points to trade at 1,933.00 in late trade. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:2802) declined 1.81% or 100.00 points to end at 5,410.00 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) shed 1.13% or 40.00 points to 3,510.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3173 to 537 and 168 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.61% to 26.54.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.58% or 0.43 to $73.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.57% or 0.44 to hit $77.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 1.30 to trade at $2,542.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.40% to 147.15, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 163.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.79.