Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Warehousing, Banking and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which rose 2.62% or 45.0 points to trade at 1760.0 at the close. Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) added 2.17% or 22.0 points to end at 1037.0 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) was up 2.16% or 32.0 points to 1512.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333), which lost 8.66% or 284.0 points to trade at 2996.0 in late trade. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) declined 3.91% or 21.0 points to end at 516.0 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) shed 1.63% or 71.0 points to 4288.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2466 to 612 and 258 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.69% to 22.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.55% or 0.29 to $52.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.56% or 0.31 to hit $55.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 5.90 to trade at $1286.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 108.87, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 115.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.17.