Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Warehousing, Marine Transport and Steel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 13.15% or 169.0 points to trade at 1454.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Olympus Corp. (T:7733) added 8.37% or 280.0 points to end at 3625.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 6.23% or 96.0 points to 1637.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which fell 3.00% or 196.0 points to trade at 6330.0 at the close. Meidensha Corp. (T:6508) declined 2.96% or 43.0 points to end at 1410.0 and Kao Corp. (T:4452) was down 2.93% or 234.0 points to 7766.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2391 to 1170 and 157 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.58% to 29.32.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.25% or 0.12 to $48.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $57.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 6.25 to trade at $1283.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 108.94, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 124.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 95.458.