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 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the were SUMCO Corp. (TYO:), which rose 4.53% or 107.00 points to trade at 2,470.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.83% or 176.00 points to end at 4,768.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:) was up 3.75% or 288.00 points to 7,964.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 5.76% or 119.00 points to trade at 1,948.50 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO:) declined 3.91% or 34.20 points to end at 841.40 and Omron Cor (TYO:) was down 3.17% or 178.00 points to 5,440.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3027 to 700 and 147 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.82% to 19.65.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.61% or 0.51 to $84.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.58% or 0.51 to hit $87.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 17.65 to trade at $2,274.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 151.73, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 162.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.80.