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 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 8.57% or 430.0 points to trade at 5450.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) added 7.43% or 560.0 points to end at 8100.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 6.37% or 410.0 points to 6850.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012), which fell 6.59% or 182.0 points to trade at 2580.0 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 3.86% or 39.0 points to end at 971.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was down 3.39% or 12.0 points to 342.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1933 to 1550 and 270 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.96.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.59% or 0.48 to $82.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.37% or 0.31 to hit $84.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 14.65 to trade at $1780.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.30% to 113.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 132.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 93.630.