Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.49%

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 0.49%.

The best performers of the session on the were Ebara Corp. (TYO:), which rose 6.70% or 426.00 points to trade at 6,786.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:) added 4.89% or 50.50 points to end at 1,084.00 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO:) was up 3.76% or 149.00 points to 4,108.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 8.62% or 83.00 points to trade at 880.00 at the close. Dentsu Inc. (TYO:) declined 7.65% or 348.00 points to end at 4,200.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) was down 3.96% or 48.00 points to 1,164.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1910 to 1729 and 222 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.44% to 19.70.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.39% or 0.32 to $82.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.30% or 0.26 to hit $85.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 8.75 to trade at $1,935.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 145.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 159.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.02.