Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transportation Equipment and Gas & Water sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183), which rose 7.52% or 35.0 points to trade at 500.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 6.00% or 18.6 points to end at 328.4 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) was up 5.61% or 73.5 points to 1384.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (T:8309), which fell 3.10% or 11.0 points to trade at 343.6 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) declined 2.69% or 12.4 points to end at 449.2 and The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) was down 2.62% or 16.0 points to 595.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1597 to 349 and 117 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.21% to 20.43.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.37% or 0.17 to $45.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.56% or 0.27 to hit $47.66 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.85 to trade at $1338.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.48% to 100.81, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 113.38.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.26.