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 1.49% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729), which rose 16.86% or 348.0 points to trade at 2412.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) added 7.88% or 39.0 points to end at 534.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) was up 7.49% or 145.0 points to 2082.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which fell 2.75% or 127.0 points to trade at 4494.0 at the close. Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) declined 2.69% or 81.0 points to end at 2934.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was down 1.84% or 42.0 points to 2246.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2726 to 901 and 151 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 30.67.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.14% or 0.36 to $32.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.12% or 0.39 to hit $35.20 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.55 to trade at $1734.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 107.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.35% to 117.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 99.507.