Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801), which rose 13.84% or 681.00 points to trade at 5,601.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Denka Co Ltd (TYO:4061) added 9.84% or 191.00 points to end at 2,132.50 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) was up 8.34% or 34.60 points to 449.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sharp Corp (TYO:6753), which fell 13.31% or 124.80 points to trade at 812.60 at the close. Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) declined 9.27% or 366.00 points to end at 3,581.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) was down 5.17% or 313.00 points to 5,743.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1829 to 1795 and 239 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.63% to 24.18 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $61.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $64.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.13% or 36.59 to trade at $3,264.59 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 147.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 164.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 101.39.