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 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802), which rose 6.83% or 122.0 points to trade at 1908.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) added 4.38% or 169.0 points to end at 4028.0 and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) was up 3.82% or 55.0 points to 1495.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214), which fell 6.44% or 175.0 points to trade at 2542.0 at the close. Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) declined 5.96% or 13.0 points to end at 205.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) was down 5.68% or 149.5 points to 2481.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2220 to 1236 and 253 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.57.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.63% or 0.36 to $57.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.60% or 0.38 to hit $64.00 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.85 to trade at $1425.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 108.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 121.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.920.