Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.03% By Investing.com

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 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 7.47% or 18.00 points to trade at 259.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.19% or 102.00 points to end at 2,535.00 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:) was up 3.08% or 27.00 points to 905.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:), which fell 4.36% or 23.00 points to trade at 505.00 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO:) declined 2.82% or 19.00 points to end at 654.00 and Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:) was down 1.85% or 8.00 points to 424.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1770 to 1638 and 350 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.91% to 23.18 a new 1-month high.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.59% or 2.25 to $89.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.20% or 0.19 to hit $95.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.60 to trade at $1,725.20 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.80% to 141.71, while EUR/JPY rose 1.26% to 141.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 109.54.