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 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which rose 4.76% or 16.0 points to trade at 352.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) added 4.67% or 37.0 points to end at 829.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) was up 4.62% or 28.0 points to 634.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which fell 5.04% or 520.0 points to trade at 9790.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 2.79% or 270.0 points to end at 9410.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) was down 1.83% or 85.0 points to 4555.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2465 to 1055 and 232 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.63.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.54% or 0.40 to $74.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.51% or 0.38 to hit $75.54 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 5.00 to trade at $1810.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 110.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 130.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 92.250.