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 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 5.24% or 54.0 points to trade at 1085.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 5.19% or 127.0 points to end at 2572.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 4.99% or 23.0 points to 484.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (T:6178), which fell 6.41% or 68.5 points to trade at 1000.5 at the close. KDDI Corp. (T:9433) declined 3.11% or 112.0 points to end at 3494.0 and Sumitomo Corp. (T:8053) was down 3.06% or 50.5 points to 1597.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2309 to 1269 and 155 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.12.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.05% or 0.03 to $61.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $64.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 13.00 to trade at $1701.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.36% to 110.17, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 129.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 93.097.