Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.02% 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 1.02%.

The best performers of the session on the were Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:), which rose 3.77% or 216.00 points to trade at 5,949.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.58% or 85.00 points to end at 2,458.00 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.57% or 291.00 points to 8,433.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.50% or 123.00 points to trade at 3,396.00 at the close. Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:) declined 1.58% or 120.00 points to end at 7,490.00 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 1.36% or 33.00 points to 2,400.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2499 to 984 and 329 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.03% to 25.03.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.52% or 0.44 to $84.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.45% or 0.41 to hit $90.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.75 to trade at $1,651.35 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 148.88, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 146.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 111.93.