Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, it was up 0.55%.
The best performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO: ), which rose 6.07% or 35.00 points to trade at 612.00. meanwhile, Renesas Electronics Corp ( TYO: ) added 4.23% or 83.00 points to end at 2,045.00 while Sony Corp ( TYO: ) was up 4.12% or 132.00 points to 3,338.00 in late trade.
They were the worst performers of the session Fujikura Ltd. (TYO: ) which declined 5.45% or 337.00 points to trade at 5,851.00 at the close. Takara Holdings Inc. ( TYO: ) declined 2.10% or 27.50 points to end at 1,284.50 while Nintendo Co Ltd ( TYO: ) declined 1.94% or 179.00 points to 9,037.00 .
From 1863 to 1669, falling stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange were outnumbered by advancing stocks, while 327 remained unchanged.
Shares of Sony Corp ( TYO: ) rose to all-time highs; It gains 4.12% or 132.00 to 3338.00.
which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 3.10% to 22.92.
Crude oil for January delivery fell 0.48%, or 0.33, to $68.04 a barrel. In other commodities trading, Brent crude for February delivery fell 0.43% or 0.31 to end at $71.83 a barrel, while the February gold futures contract rose 0.21% or 5.51 to trade at $2,691.31 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% at 151.24, while EUR/JPY was up 0.12% at 159.77.
US dollar index futures fell 0.05% to 105.76.