Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the gained 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 7.33% or 20.00 points to trade at 293.00 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 5.69% or 132.00 points to end at 2,450.00 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.78% or 48.00 points to 1,053.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 3.28% or 250.00 points to trade at 7,380.00 in late trade. Konami Corp. (TYO:) declined 2.74% or 190.00 points to end at 6,740.00 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (TYO:) shed 1.98% or 43.00 points to 2,133.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2052 to 1492 and 259 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.16% to 21.02.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.46% or 0.39 to $85.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.64% or 0.59 to hit $92.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.95 to trade at $1,681.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 143.49, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 143.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 109.31.