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 rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 4.38% or 14.0 points to trade at 334.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Familymart Ltd (T:8028) added 4.10% or 107.0 points to end at 2718.0 and JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) was up 2.73% or 14.3 points to 538.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which fell 3.96% or 86.0 points to trade at 2087.0 at the close. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) declined 3.32% or 164.0 points to end at 4783.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was down 3.22% or 120.0 points to 3605.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2166 to 1333 and 218 ended unchanged.
Shares in Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.32% or 164.0 to 4783.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.39.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.31% or 0.18 to $57.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $64.06 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 3.85 to trade at $1396.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 108.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 122.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.047.