Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.60%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry , Automobiles & Parts and Precision Instruments sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were M3 Inc (TYO:2413 ), which rose 6.48% or 110.50 points to trade at 1,815.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801 ) added 6.20% or 217.00 points to end at 3,718.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013 ) was up 5.40% or 415.00 points to 8,095.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TOTO Ltd. (TYO:5332 ), which fell 12.61% or 621.00 points to trade at 4,303.00 at the close. Tokuyama Corp. (TYO:4043 ) declined 3.68% or 100.50 points to end at 2,630.00 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519 ) was down 1.74% or 137.00 points to 7,718.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2770 to 830 and 247 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 19.54% to 25.86.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.19% or 0.13 to $67.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $70.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 9.95 to trade at $2,765.85 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 152.96, while EUR/JPY fell 0.26% to 165.34.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.18.

Source: Investing.com