Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 2.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which rose 11.25% or 2,740.00 points to trade at 27,100.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kyocera Corp. (TYO:6971) added 8.05% or 125.00 points to end at 1,678.50 and Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723) was up 7.00% or 141.50 points to 2,162.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:3659), which fell 2.92% or 67.00 points to trade at 2,227.50 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) declined 2.73% or 62.50 points to end at 2,229.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) was down 2.49% or 133.00 points to 5,207.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2012 to 1609 and 263 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.54% to 22.78.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $73.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $76.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 6.16 to trade at $2,653.56 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 157.80, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 164.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 107.99.