Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which rose 3.55% or 11.0 points to trade at 321.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 3.00% or 8.0 points to end at 275.0 and Sojitz Corp. (T:2768) was up 2.78% or 9.0 points to 333.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which fell 4.28% or 190.0 points to trade at 4250.0 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) declined 3.59% or 64.0 points to end at 1718.0 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) was down 2.26% or 415.0 points to 17955.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2272 to 1163 and 259 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.59% or 64.0 to 1718.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.41.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.89% or 0.49 to $54.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.43% or 0.25 to hit $58.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 6.75 to trade at $1536.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 106.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 116.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 99.262.