Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Food and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 7.92% or 189.0 points to trade at 2576.0 at the close. Kao Corp. (T:4452) added 3.83% or 223.0 points to end at 6044.0 and Astellas Pharma Inc. (T:4503) was up 3.82% or 59.0 points to 1605.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which lost 5.31% or 26.0 points to trade at 464.0 in late trade. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) declined 2.17% or 2.0 points to end at 90.0 and DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) shed 2.16% or 13.0 points to 588.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1420 to 456 and 120 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.32% to 32.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.86% or 0.43 to $49.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.03% or 0.52 to hit $50.13 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.65 to trade at $1286.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.47% to 104.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.70% to 118.43.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 93.58.