Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Fishery, Warehousing and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (TOKYO:5401), which rose 4.01% or 90.5 points to trade at 2349.5 at the close. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TOKYO:8354) added 3.95% or 22.0 points to end at 579.0 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TOKYO:6305) was up 3.75% or 62.0 points to 1716.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:3110), which lost 3.06% or 11.0 points to trade at 348.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TOKYO:9107) declined 2.51% or 7.0 points to end at 272.0 and Uny Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:8270) shed 2.48% or 18.0 points to 709.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1376 to 495 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.12% to 32.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.09% or 0.04 to $46.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $49.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1138.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 120.23, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 134.56.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.15.