Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.42% 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 1.42%.

The best performers of the session on the were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:), which rose 5.05% or 215.00 points to trade at 4,472.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Yamaha Corp. (TYO:) added 4.67% or 250.00 points to end at 5,600.00 and Konami Corp. (TYO:) was up 4.38% or 280.00 points to 6,670.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 0.98% or 25.00 points to trade at 2,524.00 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:) declined 0.82% or 3.00 points to end at 361.00 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 0.79% or 50.00 points to 6,270.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2824 to 718 and 235 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.21% to 25.02.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.82% or 0.69 to $85.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.73% or 0.67 to hit $92.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 5.70 to trade at $1,658.30 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 149.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 146.77.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 111.91.