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 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which rose 7.23% or 71.0 points to trade at 1053.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) added 6.56% or 210.0 points to end at 3410.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 6.24% or 420.0 points to 7150.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DIC Corp (T:4631), which fell 10.08% or 302.0 points to trade at 2695.0 at the close. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) declined 7.20% or 163.0 points to end at 2100.0 and Denka Co Ltd (T:4061) was down 5.50% or 200.0 points to 3435.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1810 to 1736 and 223 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.20.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.62% or 0.57 to $90.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.73% or 0.68 to hit $92.01 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 4.05 to trade at $1817.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 115.51, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 131.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 95.722.