Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 7.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which rose 18.95% or 604.0 points to trade at 3791.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 18.29% or 610.0 points to end at 3945.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was up 18.03% or 3085.0 points to 20195.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Keio Corp. (T:9008), which lost 4.36% or 270.0 points to trade at 5920.0 in late trade. Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022) declined 4.27% or 770.0 points to end at 17280.0 and NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) shed 3.92% or 126.0 points to 3088.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3223 to 527 and 56 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 54.47.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 4.67% or 1.09 to $24.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 3.59% or 0.97 to hit $28.00 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.77% or 27.80 to trade at $1595.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.51% to 110.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.50% to 119.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.07% at 102.140.