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 added 0.06% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which rose 9.71% or 97.5 points to trade at 1102.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 6.00% or 60.0 points to end at 1060.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was up 5.64% or 81.0 points to 1517.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which fell 4.19% or 56.0 points to trade at 1280.0 at the close. Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214) declined 3.29% or 83.0 points to end at 2439.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was down 3.13% or 74.0 points to 2294.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1992 to 1477 and 269 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.31.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.94% or 0.59 to $62.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $68.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 8.05 to trade at $1503.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 108.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 119.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 98.172.