Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.30%

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 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:), which rose 4.02% or 22.00 points to trade at 569.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Lasertec Corp (TYO:) added 2.86% or 430.00 points to end at 15,475.00 and Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:) was up 2.21% or 45.00 points to 2,079.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.91% or 275.00 points to trade at 6,750.00 at the close. Eneos Holdings Inc (TYO:) declined 2.65% or 22.00 points to end at 807.20 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:) was down 2.28% or 44.50 points to 1,911.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1924 to 1598 and 327 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.58% to 21.81.

Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.25% or 0.19 to $76.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.34% or 0.27 to hit $79.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 8.04 to trade at $2,739.84 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 155.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.48% to 161.26.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 108.36.