Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Rubber and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101), which rose 2.57% or 55.0 points to trade at 2195.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) added 2.53% or 85.0 points to end at 3440.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 1.62% or 31.0 points to 1942.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 11.73% or 52.0 points to trade at 391.4 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 2.55% or 8.0 points to end at 305.5 and Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) shed 1.90% or 13.0 points to 672.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1632 to 1397 and 351 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.90% to 18.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.13% or 0.07 to $53.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.18% or 0.10 to hit $55.80 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.60% or 6.85 to trade at $1140.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 117.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 122.56.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 103.02.