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 added 1.98%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mercari Inc (TYO:), which rose 8.68% or 174.50 points to trade at 2,185.00 at the close. Meanwhile, M3 Inc (TYO:) added 8.07% or 104.00 points to end at 1,392.50 and Sharp Corp (TYO:) was up 7.07% or 63.50 points to 961.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 10.55% or 228.00 points to trade at 1,933.00 at the close. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:) declined 1.81% or 100.00 points to end at 5,410.00 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:) was down 1.13% or 40.00 points to 3,510.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3173 to 537 and 168 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.61% to 26.54.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.56% or 0.41 to $73.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.54% or 0.42 to hit $77.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 2.05 to trade at $2,543.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.37% to 147.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 162.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 101.79.
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