Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.72%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding , Financial Services and Paper & Pulp sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JTEKT Corp. (TYO:6473 ), which rose 5.61% or 57.50 points to trade at 1,083.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nissui Corp (TYO:1332 ) added 4.54% or 40.60 points to end at 935.00 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841 ) was up 4.36% or 167.00 points to 3,994.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920 ), which fell 4.32% or 1,245.00 points to trade at 27,580.00 at the close. Mercari Inc (TYO:4385 ) declined 3.07% or 70.50 points to end at 2,228.50 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501 ) was down 1.86% or 64.00 points to 3,370.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2783 to 871 and 219 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.20% to 25.43.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $77.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $80.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.10 to trade at $2,552.10 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 144.76, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 161.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.74.

Source: Investing.com