Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.14% 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 gained 1.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were NEC Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.97% or 285.00 points to trade at 5,060.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) added 5.24% or 268.00 points to end at 5,383.00 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.44% or 150.00 points to 3,530.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 1.02% or 18.00 points to trade at 1,745.00 at the close. Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 0.95% or 6.00 points to end at 623.00 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 0.84% or 18.00 points to 2,119.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2786 to 750 and 234 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 14.42% to 21.42 a new 1-month high.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.25% or 2.18 to $94.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 2.20% or 2.26 to hit $100.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 4.80 to trade at $1,744.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 138.26, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 138.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 108.46.