Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.97% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.97%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denso Corp. (T:6902), which rose 7.19% or 426.0 points to trade at 6351.0 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) added 7.18% or 493.0 points to end at 7364.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) was up 7.11% or 29.0 points to 437.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which lost 5.54% or 22.0 points to trade at 375.0 in late trade. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) declined 3.77% or 120.0 points to end at 3065.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) shed 3.71% or 69.0 points to 1791.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2762 to 763 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.64.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.06% or 0.57 to $54.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.98% or 0.55 to hit $56.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 12.60 to trade at $1851.30 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 105.00, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 126.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 90.957.