Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 2.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which rose 11.25% or 2,740.00 points to trade at 27,100.00 at the close. Kyocera Corp. (TYO:6971) added 8.05% or 125.00 points to end at 1,678.50 and Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723) was up 7.00% or 141.50 points to 2,162.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:3659), which lost 2.92% or 67.00 points to trade at 2,227.50 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) declined 2.73% or 62.50 points to end at 2,229.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) shed 2.49% or 133.00 points to 5,207.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2012 to 1609 and 263 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.54% to 22.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.11% or 0.08 to $73.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $76.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 5.96 to trade at $2,653.36 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 157.75, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 164.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 107.98.