Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 3.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 10.96% or 333.00 points to trade at 3,371.00 at the close. Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) added 10.86% or 190.00 points to end at 1,940.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) was up 9.22% or 71.90 points to 851.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sharp Corp (TYO:6753), which lost 5.88% or 51.00 points to trade at 816.10 in late trade. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:2269) declined 5.11% or 186.00 points to end at 3,452.00 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064) shed 4.21% or 68.00 points to 1,546.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3066 to 736 and 95 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.87% to 45.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.59% or 0.47 to $79.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.67% or 0.55 to hit $81.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 1.35 to trade at $2,502.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.46% to 147.86, while EUR/JPY rose 0.45% to 161.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 102.97.