Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Power and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 7.62% or 87.0 points to trade at 1228.0 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) added 5.89% or 17.0 points to end at 305.5 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 5.79% or 13.0 points to 237.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802), which lost 2.33% or 52.0 points to trade at 2182.5 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 2.11% or 135.0 points to end at 6269.9 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) shed 1.96% or 65.0 points to 3250.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1963 to 1042 and 327 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.77% to 18.36 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.75% or 0.39 to $51.40 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.58% or 0.32 to hit $54.62 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.75 to trade at $1172.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 114.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 122.55.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 100.29.