Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.53% 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 rose 0.53%.

The best performers of the session on the were Konami Corp. (TYO:), which rose 4.01% or 270.00 points to trade at 7,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:) added 3.86% or 32.00 points to end at 860.00 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:) was up 2.82% or 11.00 points to 401.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which fell 3.43% or 22.00 points to trade at 619.00 at the close. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 1.71% or 116.00 points to end at 6,653.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) was down 1.55% or 110.00 points to 7,000.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2062 to 1415 and 301 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.25% to 21.61.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.64% or 1.26 to $77.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.58% or 1.31 to hit $84.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 13.15 to trade at $1,646.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.38% to 144.20, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 139.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 113.33.