Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Machinery, Food and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 7.68% or 760.0 points to trade at 10655.0 at the close. Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101) added 4.58% or 96.0 points to end at 2192.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 4.15% or 21.0 points to 527.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020), which lost 3.94% or 26.0 points to trade at 633.9 in late trade. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) declined 3.87% or 43.0 points to end at 1068.5 and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) shed 3.18% or 46.0 points to 1399.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2515 to 856 and 184 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 8.09% to 22.37.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.26% or 0.16 to $61.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $64.81 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.60 to trade at $1318.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.50% to 106.95, while EUR/JPY rose 0.35% to 131.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 90.06.