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 gained 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the were JTEKT Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.61% or 57.50 points to trade at 1,083.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nissui Corp (TYO:) added 4.54% or 40.60 points to end at 935.00 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:) was up 4.36% or 167.00 points to 3,994.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lasertec Corp (TYO:), which fell 4.32% or 1,245.00 points to trade at 27,580.00 at the close. Mercari Inc (TYO:) declined 3.07% or 70.50 points to end at 2,228.50 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:) was down 1.86% or 64.00 points to 3,370.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2783 to 871 and 219 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.20% to 25.43.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $77.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $80.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.10 to trade at $2,552.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 144.76, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 161.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.74.
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