Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Communication and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715), which rose 5.31% or 90.0 points to trade at 1785.0 at the close. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) added 5.12% or 367.0 points to end at 7530.0 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) was up 4.64% or 240.0 points to 5410.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 2.21% or 47.0 points to trade at 2082.0 in late trade. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) declined 1.58% or 15.5 points to end at 965.0 and Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) shed 1.50% or 2.0 points to 131.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2696 to 719 and 185 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 16.99% to 18.94 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.03% or 0.69 to $67.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.92% or 0.67 to hit $73.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.20 to trade at $1202.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.35% to 111.09, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 126.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.16.