Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Pharmaceutical Industry and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.79%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 9.05% or 280.0 points to trade at 3375.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) added 6.36% or 394.0 points to end at 6591.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 5.45% or 146.0 points to 2826.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NEC Corp. (T:6701), which fell 1.33% or 42.4 points to trade at 3135.1 at the close. Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914) declined 0.92% or 28.0 points to end at 3007.0 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) was down 0.83% or 4.0 points to 477.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2958 to 472 and 117 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.36% or 394.0 to 6591.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.62% to 28.39.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $62.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $65.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.70 to trade at $1323.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.17% to 106.03, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 130.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 89.94.