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 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Konami Corp. (TYO:), which rose 4.01% or 270.00 points to trade at 7,000.00 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:) added 3.86% or 32.00 points to end at 860.00 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:) was up 2.82% or 11.00 points to 401.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which lost 3.43% or 22.00 points to trade at 619.00 in late trade. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 1.71% or 116.00 points to end at 6,653.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) shed 1.55% or 110.00 points to 7,000.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2062 to 1415 and 301 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.25% to 21.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.66% or 1.27 to $77.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.62% or 1.34 to hit $84.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 13.15 to trade at $1,646.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.38% to 144.21, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 139.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 113.34.