Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the rose 0.95% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the were IHI Corp. (TYO:), which rose 9.70% or 396.00 points to trade at 4,477.00 at the close. Meanwhile, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (TYO:) added 5.52% or 176.00 points to end at 3,366.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 5.22% or 299.00 points to 6,032.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lasertec Corp (TYO:), which fell 3.19% or 1,160.00 points to trade at 35,260.00 at the close. Nidec Corp (TYO:) declined 2.11% or 157.00 points to end at 7,291.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) was down 1.69% or 590.00 points to 34,400.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2848 to 807 and 231 ended unchanged.
Shares in IHI Corp. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.70% or 396.00 to 4,477.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.10% to 17.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $81.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $85.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 7.10 to trade at $2,337.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 159.49, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 171.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 105.12.
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