Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical and Communication sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 2.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 7.04% or 340.0 points to trade at 5170.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) added 6.41% or 200.0 points to end at 3320.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 5.63% or 85.0 points to 1594.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 points to trade at 504.0 at the close. Astellas Pharma Inc. (T:4503) added 0.05% or 0.8 points to end at 1590.3 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was up 0.38% or 4.0 points to 1047.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3068 to 414 and 93 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.89% to 25.41.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.23% or 0.15 to $65.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.29% or 0.20 to hit $69.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.10 to trade at $1352.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 105.52, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 131.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 88.77.