Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841), which rose 7.41% or 208.00 points to trade at 3,014.00 at the close. Denso Corp. (TYO:6902) added 5.64% or 94.00 points to end at 1,761.00 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:5802) was up 5.27% or 107.50 points to 2,148.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which fell 5.86% or 147.50 points to trade at 2,370.00 in late trade. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) declined 4.46% or 216.00 points to end at 4,630.00 and Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602) down 4.31% or 344.00 points to 7,636.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 2032 to 1560 and 256 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.10% to 27.84.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.75% or 0.46 to $61.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.69% or 0.45 to hit $65.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 15.84 to trade at $3,242.14 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 143.42, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 162.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 99.61.