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 rose 1.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which rose 7.94% or 405.0 points to trade at 5508.0 at the close. Meanwhile, TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) added 5.86% or 310.0 points to end at 5600.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 5.40% or 131.0 points to 2559.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332), which fell 5.60% or 33.0 points to trade at 556.0 at the close. Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) declined 2.70% or 20.0 points to end at 722.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was down 1.29% or 80.0 points to 6100.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3286 to 368 and 120 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 28.94.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.70% or 1.18 to $70.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.52% or 1.11 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 4.85 to trade at $1784.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 113.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.28% to 128.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.200.