Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power, Manufacturing and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Marubeni Corp. (TYO:8002), which rose 4.55% or 80.50 points to trade at 1,849.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) added 3.69% or 565.00 points to end at 15,890.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) was up 3.68% or 155.00 points to 4,365.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which fell 1.73% or 80.00 points to trade at 4,555.00 at the close. GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:6674) declined 1.64% or 37.00 points to end at 2,220.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) was down 1.54% or 10.10 points to 646.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2465 to 1049 and 291 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.92% to 17.14.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.88% or 0.70 to $80.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.75% or 0.63 to hit $84.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 13.35 to trade at $2,017.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 133.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 145.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 101.89.