Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Construction and Gas & Water sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which rose 4.93% or 170.0 points to trade at 3620.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925) added 4.61% or 140.0 points to end at 3178.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was up 3.94% or 104.0 points to 2743.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which fell 6.11% or 89.0 points to trade at 1367.0 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 4.38% or 180.0 points to end at 3925.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was down 4.17% or 51.0 points to 1173.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1878 to 1560 and 275 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.10% to 15.21.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.64% or 0.42 to $65.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.39% or 0.29 to hit $74.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1275.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 111.88, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 125.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.037.